An asymmetric increase in inhibitory synapse number underlies the development of a direction selective circuit in the retina

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 25, 2015, Pages 9281-9286

  Morrie, Ryan D ^a   Feller, Marla B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asynchronous release; Dendrites; GABA; Motion; Quantal analysis; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; STRONTIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONNECTOME; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE TRACT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VISION;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROGENESIS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84933567322     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0670-15.2015     Document Type: Article

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