Kainate receptors mediate synaptic transmission between cones and 'Off' bipolar cells in a mammalian retina

Nature

Volumn 397, Issue 6715, 1999, Pages 157-160

  DeVries, Steven H ^a   Schwartz, Eric A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; SECOND MESSENGER; SQUIRREL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CONES (RETINA); KAINIC ACID; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, KAINIC ACID; RETINA; SCIURIDAE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033552964     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/16462     Document Type: Article

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