Inhibition is not required for the production of transient spiking responses from retinal ganglion cells

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 243-254

  Bieda, Mark C ^b   Copenhagen, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amacrine cell; GABA; Glycine; Inhibition; Retinal ganglion cell

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOPROPYL(DIETHOXYMETHYL)PHOSPHINIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PICROTOXIN; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ILLUMINATION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SALAMANDER; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; VERTEBRATE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; STRYCHNINE;

EID: 0034098530     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800172062     Document Type: Article

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