Spontaneous synaptic activity in an organotypic culture of the mouse retina

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1376-1387

  Pérez León, Jorge ^a   Frech, Moritz J ^a   Schröder, Jörn E ^a   Fischer, Frauke ^a   Kneussel, Matthias ^a   Wässle, Heinz ^a   Backus, Kurt H ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GEPHYRIN; GLYCINE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; RETINA;

EID: 0037337677     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.02-0702     Document Type: Article

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