A dissection of the electroretinogram from the isolated rat retina with microelectrodes and drugs

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 727-741

  Green, Daniel G ^a   Kapousta Bruneau, Natalia V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Barium; Electroretinogram; Photoreceptors; Rat; Retina

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4 PHOSPHONOBUTYRIC ACID; 2-AMINO-4-PHOSPHONOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMINOBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BARIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROELECTRODE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RETINA; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; BARIUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; MICROELECTRODES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA;

EID: 0033166002     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523899164125     Document Type: Article

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