All amacrine cells express L-type calcium channels at their output synapses

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 6904-6913

  Habermann, Christopher J ^a,b   O'Brien, Brendan J ^a   Wässle, Heinz ^a   Protti, Dario A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amacrine; Cav1.3 1; Dihydropyridine; Mouse retina; Rod vision; Scotopic pathways; Tonic synapses; Transmitter release; 1D

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL N TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL P TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL Q TYPE; DIHYDROPYRIDINE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AMACRINE CELL TYPE AII; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LIGHT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0043135189     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-17-06904.2003     Document Type: Article

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