Glutamate stimulation of retinal ganglion cells in normal and S334ter-4 rat retinas: A candidate for a neurotransmitter-based retinal prosthesis

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3619-3628

  Finlayson, Paul G ^a,b   Iezzi, Raymond ^b,c  

^a Departments of Otolaryngology   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPROSTHESIS; EXCITATION; MICROPIPETTE; NEUROTRANSMITTER BASED RETINA PROSTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; S334TER 4 RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 77955887365     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4877     Document Type: Article

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