A unique role for Kv3 voltage-gated potassium channels in starburst amacrine cell signaling in mouse retina

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 33, 2004, Pages 7335-7343

  Ozaita, Ander ^a   Petit Jacques, Jerome ^a   Völgyi, Béla ^a   Ho, Chi Shun ^b   Joho, Rolf H ^b   Bloomfield, Stewart A ^a   Rudy, Bernardo ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amacrine cells; Direction selectivity; GABAergic; Inhibition; Potassium channels; Retina

Indexed keywords

VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; KCNC1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NEUROPEPTIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SHAW POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DEPOLARIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VOLTAGE CLAMP; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROPEPTIDES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; RETINA; SHAW POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 7244261781     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1275-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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