Synaptic influences on rat ganglion-cell photoreceptors

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 582, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 279-296

  Wong, Kwoon Y ^a   Dunn, Felice A ^a   Graham, Dustin M ^a   Berson, David M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPSE; VISUAL THRESHOLD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; EVOKED RESPONSE; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; ILLUMINATION; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; KINETICS; LIGHT; MALE; OPSIN; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 34347227465     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.133751     Document Type: Article

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