Active role of glutamate uptake in the synaptic transmission from retinal nonspiking neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 6755-6766

  Matsui, Ko ^a   Hosoi, Nobutake ^a   Tachibana, Masao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bipolar cell; EPSC; Ganglion cell; Glutamate; Muller cell; NMDA receptor; Non NMDA receptor; Retina; Spontaneous EPSC; Synaptic transmission; Transporter; Uptake

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; MUELLER CELL; NEWT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033566784     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-16-06755.1999     Document Type: Article

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