Light evokes Ca2+ spikes in the axon terminal of a retinal bipolar cell

Neuron

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 215-227

  Protti, Dario A ^a,b   Flores Herr, Nicolas ^b   Von Gersdorff, Henrique ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4 PHOSPHONOBUTYRIC ACID; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; GLUTAMIC ACID; 2-AMINO-4-PHOSPHONOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMINOBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; NIFEDIPINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; GOLDFISH; INTERNEURON; LIGHT ADAPTATION; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMPEDANCE; METABOLISM; PERIODICITY; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; SYNAPTOSOME; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, OCULAR; AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CELL COMMUNICATION; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GOLDFISH; NIFEDIPINE; PERIODICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RETINA;

EID: 0033630375     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80884-3     Document Type: Article

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