Intrinsic properties and functional circuitry of the AII amacrine cell

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-60

  Demb, Jonathan B ^a   Singer, Joshua H ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

A2 amacrine cell; Gap junction; Glycinergic synapse; Guinea pig; Mouse; Primate

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; RHODOPSIN; TETRODOTOXIN; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

A2 AMACRINE CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CYTOPLASM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GAP JUNCTION; GUINEA PIG; IN VITRO STUDY; MAMMAL CELL; NERVE CELL; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPIC VISION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISION;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE NET; RETINA; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84856923234     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523811000368     Document Type: Review

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