Selective glycine receptor α2 subunit control of crossover inhibition between the on and off retinal pathways

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3321-3332

  Nobles, Regina D ^a,b   Zhang, Chi ^a,b   Müller, Ulrike ^c,d   Betz, Heinrich ^c   McCall, Maureen A ^a,b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ALPHA 2; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ALPHA 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXCITATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIKE;

ANIMALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURAL INHIBITION; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; RETINA; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84863229516     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5341-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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