Targeted deletion of vesicular GABA transporter from retinal horizontal cells eliminates feedback modulation of photoreceptor calcium channels

eNeuro

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 2353-2364

  Hirano, Arlene A ^a,b   Liu, Xue ^a,f   Boulter, Jim ^c   Grove, James ^a   Pérez de Sevilla Müller, Luis ^a   Barnes, Steven ^a,b,d   Brecha, Nicholas C ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CRE RECOMBINASE; GENOMIC DNA; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GJA10 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GNAI2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; INHIBITORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MUSCIMOL; VIAAT PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONNEXIN57 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IMAGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPROVED CRE RECOMBINASE GENE; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DEFICIENCY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYSIOLOGICAL FEEDBACK; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CONNEXINS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT, GI2; KAINIC ACID; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUSCIMOL; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINA; RETINAL HORIZONTAL CELLS; SEQUENCE DELETION; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORT PROTEINS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 85011407104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23732822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0148-15.2016     Document Type: Article

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