Signal transmission from cones to amacrine cells in dark- and light-adapted tiger salamander retina

Brain Research

Volumn 1029, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-161

  Yang, Xiong Li ^a   Wu, Samuel M ^a  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amacrine cell; Cone photoreceptor; Synaptic transmission; Visual adaptation; Voltage gain

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DARK ADAPTATION; LIGHT ADAPTATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SALAMANDER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; AMACRINE CELLS; AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONES (RETINA); DARK ADAPTATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 7944225345     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.09.032     Document Type: Article

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