Light-evoked synaptic activity of retinal ganglion and amacrine cells is regulated in developing mouse retina

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-48

  He, Quanhua ^a   Wang, Ping ^b   Tian, Ning ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GABAergic; Glutamatergic; Light deprivation; Patch clamp recording; Synaptic current

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EYE DEVELOPMENT; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UPREGULATION;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; LIGHT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 78650781251     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07484.x     Document Type: Article

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