A transient network of intrinsically bursting starburst cells underlies the generation of retinal waves

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 363-371

  Zheng, Jijian ^a   Lee, Seunghoon ^a   Zhou, Z Jimmy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; FURA-2; ISOQUINOLINES; NERVE NET; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; RABBITS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33344476911     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1644     Document Type: Article

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