Physiological response properties of displaced amacrine cells of the adult ferret retina

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-144

  Aboelela, Sally W ^a   Robinson, David W ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ctr Res Occup Environ Toxicol   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbenoxolone; Displaced amacrine cells; Electrophysiology; Gap junctions; Intrinsic membrane properties; Morphology

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; BIOCYTIN; CARBENOXOLONE; LUCIFER YELLOW; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; FERRET; GAP JUNCTION; MAMMAL; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OSCILLATION; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPIKE; VISION;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; CARBENOXOLONE; CELL MEMBRANE; DENDRITES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FERRETS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; ISOQUINOLINES; LYSINE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 3242729425     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523804042051     Document Type: Article

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