Parallel cone bipolar pathways to a ganglion cell use different rates and amplitudes of quantal excitation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3956-3963

  Freed, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ganglion cell; Parallel pathways; Quantal rate; Retina; Ribbon synapse; Vesicular release

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; STRYCHNINE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAT; DEPOLARIZATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

EID: 0034213342     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-11-03956.2000     Document Type: Article

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