A comparison of release kinetics and glutamate receptor properties in shaping rod-cone differences in EPSC kinetics in the salamander retina

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 569, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 773-788

  Cadetti, Lucia ^a   Tranchina, Daniel ^b   Thoreson, Wallace B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR AGONIST; AMPA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CALCIUM ION; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR AGONIST; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CYCLOTHIAZIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; RETINA ROD; SALAMANDER; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WAVEFORM; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ROD CONE DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BENZODIAZEPINES; BENZOTHIADIAZINES; CALCIUM; CONES (RETINA); EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; QUINOXALINES; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; RETINAL HORIZONTAL CELLS; RODS (RETINA); SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; URODELA;

EID: 29244480629     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.096545     Document Type: Article

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