Expression of GABA transporters on bullfrog retinal Muller cells

GLIA

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 104-117

  Zhao, Jing Wei ^a,b   Du, Jiu Lin ^a   Li, Ji Shuo ^b   Yang, Xiong Li ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Immunofluorescence double labeling; Retinal slice; Whole cell recording

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CARRIER PROTEIN; GABA PERMEASE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FROG; GLIA; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GABA PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTERS; RANA CATESBEIANA; RETINA;

EID: 0033867199     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-1136(200008)31:2<104::AID-GLIA20>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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