Functional properties of spontaneous IPSCs and glycine receptors in rod amacrine (AII) cells in the rat retina

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 575, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 739-759

  Gill, Silje Bakken ^a   Veruki, Margaret Lin ^a   Hartveit, Espen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DESENSITIZATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VOLTAGE CLAMP; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NOISE; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; SPONTANEOUS INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC CURRENT;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GLYCINE; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; KINETICS; NEURAL INHIBITION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; RETINA; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RODS (RETINA); SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33748294320     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.112839     Document Type: Article

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