Mammalian retinal horizontal cells are unconventional GABAergic neurons

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 350-362

  Deniz, Sercan ^a,b   Wersinger, Eric ^a,b,g   Schwab, Yannick ^c   Mura, Carole ^c   Erdelyi, Ferenc ^d   Szabó, Gábor ^c   Rendon, Alvaro ^b   Sahel, José Alain ^b,e,f   Picaud, Serge ^b,f   Roux, Michel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE LA VISION   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER NATIONAL D OPHTALMOLOGIE DES QUINZE VINGTS   (France)

^f FONDATION OPHTALMOLOGIQUE ADOLPHE DE ROTHSCHILD   (France)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

horizontal cell; inhibitory transmission; mouse; neurotransmitter transporter; retina; vesicular release

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART PERFUSION; HISTOLOGY; MAMMAL CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE; RETINA; RETINAL HORIZONTAL CELLS; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISION, OCULAR;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 78651318843     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.07114.x     Document Type: Article

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