Sustained Ca2+ Entry Elicits Transient Postsynaptic Currents at a Retinal Ribbon Synapse

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 34, 2003, Pages 10923-10933

  Singer, Joshua H ^a   Diamond, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

AII amacrine cell; AMPA receptor; Retina; Ribbon synapse; Rod bipolar cell; Scotopic vision

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; CALCIUM ION; CYCLOTHIAZIDE; CALCIUM; CHELATING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DESENSITIZATION; DYNAMICS; ERYTHROCYTE; EXOCYTOSIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; RETINAL RIBBON SYNAPSE; STEADY STATE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DARK ADAPTATION; DRUG EFFECT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS, T-TYPE; CHELATING AGENTS; DARK ADAPTATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RETINA; RODS (RETINA); SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0345060354     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-34-10923.2003     Document Type: Article

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