The many roles of starburst amacrine cells

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 395-396

  Masland, Richard H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INTERACTION; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SHORT SURVEY; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; RETINA; SYNAPSES;

EID: 22144455400     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2005.06.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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