Synaptic organization of GABAergic amacrine cells in the salamander retina

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 817-825

  Zhang, Jun ^a,c   Wang, Ho Hwa ^a,b   Yang, Chen Yu ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b Shanghai Inst Physiol   (China)

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

Author keywords

GABAergic amacrine cell; Salamander retina; Synaptic organization

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; SALAMANDER; SYNAPSE;

AMACRINE CELLS; AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; RETINA; SYNAPSES;

EID: 15944366477     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523804216029     Document Type: Article

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