Voltage-gated sodium channels contribute to the b-wave of the rodent electroretinogram by mediating input to rod bipolar cell GABAc receptors

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 279-290

  Smith, Benjamin J ^a   Tremblay, François ^a   CÔté, Patrice D ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amacrine cells; Bipolar cells; CNQX; Electroretinogram; ERG; GABA; GABAc receptors; Nav; NMDA; PDA; RBC; Retina; Retinal circuits; Sodium channels; Tetrodotoxin; TPMPA; TTX; VEP

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID C RECEPTOR; TETRODOTOXIN; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B WAVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; LIGHT; LUMINANCE; MESOPIC VISION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CELL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRENGTH;

(1,2,5,6-TETRAHYDROPYRIDIN-4-YL) METHYLPHOSPHINIC ACID; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DION; AMACRINE CELLS; BIPOLAR CELLS; CIS-PIPERIDINE DICARBOXYLIC ACID; CNQX; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; ERG; GABA; GABA(C) RECEPTORS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; NA(V); NMDA; PDA; RBC; RETINA; RETINAL CIRCUITS; ROD BIPOLAR CELL; SODIUM CHANNELS; TETRODOTOXIN; TPMPA; TTX; VEP; VISUAL-EVOKED POTENTIAL; VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMALS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; MICE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 84886817822     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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