Spontaneous Waves in the Ventricular Zone of Developing Mammalian Retina

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1999-2009

  Syed, Mohsin Md ^a   Lee, Seunghoon ^a   He, Shigang ^b   Zhou, Z Jimmy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 7 PHOSPHONOHEPTANOIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; AMINOPHYLLINE; ATROPINE; GALLAMINE; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; HEXAMETHONIUM; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEOSTIGMINE; NICOTINIC AGENT; PICROTOXIN; PIRENZEPINE; STRYCHNINE; THAPSIGARGIN;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VELOCITY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANIMALS; ATROPINE; AXONS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; ELECTRODES; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 4444242338     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01129.2003     Document Type: Article

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