GABA responses of rod bipolar cells in rabbit retinal slices

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 381-389

  McGillem, Gregory S ^a   Rotolo, Thomas C ^a   Dacheux, Ramon F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA(A) receptors; GABA(c) receptors; Rabbit retina; Rod bipolar cells; Whole cell patch clamp recording

Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 2 (3 CARBOXYPROPYL) 6 (4 METHOXYPHENYL)PYRIDAZINIUM BROMIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID C RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; PHOSPHINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RETINA ROD;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BICUCULLINE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; INTERNEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHINIC ACIDS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PYRIDAZINES; PYRIDINES; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RODS (RETINA);

EID: 0033949308     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800173067     Document Type: Article

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