Dissociated GABAergic retinal interneurons exhibit spontaneous increases in intracellular calcium

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 807-814

  Firth, Sally I ^a,b   Feller, Marla B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amacrine; Calcium transients; Development; Retina; Spontaneous activity

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; CHELATING AGENTS; EGTAZIC ACID; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PICROTOXIN; PYRIDAZINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 33845921328     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095252380623013X     Document Type: Article

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