Transmitter-specific input to OFF-alpha ganglion cells in the cat retina

Anatomical Record

Volumn 255, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 363-373

  Owczarzak, Michael T ^a   Pourcho, Roberta G ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha ganglion cell; GABA; Glycine; Retina

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAT; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CATS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPSES;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0033178798     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(19990801)255:4<363::AID-AR1>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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