Relative contributions of rod and cone bipolar cell inputs to AII amacrine cell light responses in the mouse retina

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 580, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 397-410

  Pang, Ji Jie ^a   Abd El Barr, Muhammad M ^a   Gao, Fan ^a   Bramblett, Debra E ^b   Paul, David L ^c   Wu, Samuel M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LIGHT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SYNAPSE; VOLTAGE CLAMP; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; B WAVE; CELL DENSITY; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LIGHT INTENSITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHOTOREACTIVITY;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CONES (RETINA); CONNEXINS; LIGHT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; QUINOXALINES; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; RODS (RETINA); SYNAPSES;

EID: 34147183819     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.120790     Document Type: Article

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