Glycinergic input of widefield, displaced amacrine cells of the mouse retina

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 587, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 3831-3849

  Majumdar, Sriparna ^a   Weiss, Jan ^a   Wässle, Heinz ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ALPHA1; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ALPHA2; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ALPHA3; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ALPHA4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ALPHA2 SUBUNIT; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ALPHA4 SUBUNIT; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSPORT; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WHOLE CELL; WILD TYPE; ADULT; CELL KINETICS; DECAY TIME CONSTANT; GLYCINERGIC SYNAPSE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNAPSE;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; DENDRITES; GLYCINE; GLYCINE AGENTS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; RETINA; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68149125575     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.171207     Document Type: Article

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