Meclofenamic acid blocks electrical synapses of retinal AII amacrine and ON-cone bipolar cells

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2339-2347

  Veruki, Margaret Lin ^a   Hartveit, Espen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MECLOFENAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES; EYE PROTEINS; MECLOFENAMIC ACID; NEURAL INHIBITION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RETINA; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 65649090617     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00112.2009     Document Type: Article

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