A new intraretinal recording system with multiple-barreled electrodes for pharmacological studies on cat retinal ganglion cells

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-92

  Takao, Motoharu ^a   Wang, Yi ^b   Miyoshi, Tomomitsu ^a   Fujita, Ichiro ^b   Fukuda, Yutaka ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cat; Intraretinal recording; Iontophoresis; L Glutamate; Multiple barreled electrode; Retinal ganglion cell

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; EYE MOVEMENT; IONTOPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; CATS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; EYE MOVEMENTS; IONTOPHORESIS; MICROELECTRODES; MICROMANIPULATION; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0034176385     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(00)00171-0     Document Type: Article

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