Electrical synapses between AII amacrine cells in the retina: Function and modulation

Brain Research

Volumn 1487, Issue , 2012, Pages 160-172

  Hartveit, Espen ^a   Veruki, Margaret Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Amacrine; Connexin; Electrical coupling; Gap junction; Neuromodulation; Patch clamp; Retina

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; CPP; CX36 PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; N [2 [[N [3 (4 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 PROPENYL] N METHYLAMINO]METHYL]PHENYL] N (2 HYDROXYETHYL) 4 METHOXYBENZENESULFONAMIDE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

AII CELL; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; GAP JUNCTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; NERVE NET; RETINA; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; VISUAL FIELDS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84869495095     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.05.060     Document Type: Review

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