N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors contribute to the baseline noise of retinal ganglion cells

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 329-333

  Gottesman, Jon ^a   Miller, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluctuation analysis; Ganglion cells; Glutamate; Input resistance; NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 7 PHOSPHONOHEPTANOIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; MAGNESIUM ION; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SALAMANDER;

EID: 0346504012     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523803203114     Document Type: Article

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