BK channels modulate pre- and postsynaptic signaling at reciprocal synapses in retina

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 585-592

  Grimes, William N ^a,b   Li, Wei ^c   Chávez, Andrés E ^a,d   Diamond, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISION;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEEDBACK; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 67349264464     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.2302     Document Type: Article

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