A positive feedback synapse from retinal horizontal cells to cone photoreceptors

PLoS Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Jackman, Skyler L ^a   Babai, Norbert ^b   Chambers, James J ^c   Thoreson, Wallace B ^b   Kramer, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR AGONIST; CALCIUM ION; NEUROTRANSMITTER; 2,3 DIOXO 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO(F)QUINOXALINE; 2,3-DIOXO-6-NITRO-7-SULFAMOYLBENZO(F)QUINOXALINE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; CALCIUM; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL FUNCTION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GECKO; LIZARD; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; RABBIT; RETINA CONE; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; RETINA IMAGE; SALAMANDER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; ZEBRA FISH; AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA;

ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; LIZARDS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; QUINOXALINES; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RETINA; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL HORIZONTAL CELLS; SYNAPSES; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 79958053311     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001057     Document Type: Article

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