Ionotropic glutamate receptors of amacrine cells of the mouse retina

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-90

  Dumitrescu, Olivia N ^a   Protti, Dario A ^b   Majumdar, Sriparna ^a   Zeilhofer, Hanns Ulrich ^c   Wässle, Heinz ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amacrine cells; Ionotropic glutamate receptors; Mouse retina

Indexed keywords

1 (4 AMINOPHENYL) 3,4 DIHYDRO 4 METHYL 3 METHYLCARBAMOYL 7,8 METHYLENEDIOXY 5H 2,3 BENZODIAZEPINE; 1 (4 AMINOPHENYL) 4 METHYL 7,8 METHYLENEDIOXY 5H 2,3 BENZODIAZEPINE; 2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 METHYLGLUTAMIC ACID; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; AMPA RECEPTOR; CYCLOTHIAZIDE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; LUCIFER YELLOW; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROBIOTIN; STRYCHNINE; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MAMMAL; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; TISSUE SLICE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; BENZOTHIADIAZINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RETINA;

EID: 33644849166     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523806231079     Document Type: Article

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