Glycinergic transmission in the mammalian retina

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue JUL, 2009, Pages

  Wässle, Heinz ^a   Heinze, Liane ^a,b   Ivanova, Elena ^a,c   Majumdar, Sriparna ^a,d   Weiss, Jan ^a,e   Harvey, Robert J ^f   Haverkamp, Silke ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b ratiopharm GmbH   (Germany)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glra1spd ot mice; Glra2 mice; Glra3 mice; Glycine receptors; Retina; SIPSCs; Synapses

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954736356     PISSN: 16625099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.02.006.2009     Document Type: Review

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