Postsynaptic calcium feedback between rods and rod bipolar cells in the mouse retina

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 913-924

  Berntson, Amy ^a   Smith, Robert G ^b   Taylor, W Rowland ^a,c  

^a Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium feedback; Metabotropic synapse; Retinal neurons; Rod bipolar cell; Scotopic signals; Visual system

Indexed keywords

EGTAZIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM BINDING; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CHANNEL GATING; CONDUCTANCE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHOTOSTIMULATION; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CHELATING AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EGTAZIC ACID; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; LIGHT; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; RODS (RETINA); SYNAPSES;

EID: 15944423174     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095252380421611X     Document Type: Article

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