Acidification of the synaptic cleft of cone photoreceptor terminal controls the amount of transmitter release, thereby forming the receptive field surround in the vertebrate retina

Journal of Physiological Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 359-375

  Hirasawa, Hajime ^a   Yamada, Masahiro ^a   Kaneko, Akimichi ^b  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium channel; Feedback; Horizontal cell; PH; Proton; V ATPase

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; CALCIUM CHANNEL; PROTON PUMP;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METHODOLOGY; PH; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA CONE; REVIEW; SYNAPTOSOME; VERTEBRATE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROTON PUMPS; RETINA; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84868588840     PISSN: 18806546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12576-012-0220-0     Document Type: Review

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