Vision is our primary sensory channel for interaction with the outside world. It allows us to
recognize familiar faces and creatures, and objects; it allows us to orient ourselves in space …

We survey the evidence for L-glutamate's role as the primary excitatory neurotransmitter of
vertebrate retinas. The physiological and molecular properties of glutamate receptors in the …

We recorded light-evoked responses from rod and cone bipolar cells using patch-clamp
techniques in a slice preparation of the rat retina. Rod bipolar cells responded to light with a …

1. The calcium influx pathway in large synaptic terminals of acutely isolated bipolar neurons
from goldfish retina was characterized using Fura‐2 measurements of intracellular calcium …

The release of vesicular protons during exocytosis causes a feedback inhibition of Ca2+
channels in photoreceptor terminals; however, the effect of this inhibition on subsequent …

Whole-cell currents from> 70 voltage-clamped bipolar cells were recorded in a slice
preparation of the rat retina. The recorded cells were identified and classified by intracellular …

Transmitter release from photoreceptors is decreased by light, resulting in a conductance
increase in depolarizing bipolar cells. Addition of exogenous cCMP through a patch pipette …

Synaptic depression was studied using capacitance measurements in synaptic terminals of
retinal bipolar neurons. Single 250 msec depolarizations evoked saturating capacitance …

The mammalian AII retinal amacrine cell is a narrow-field, multistratified glycinergic neuron
best known for its role in collecting scotopic signals from rod bipolar cells and distributing …

The distribution of glutamate receptor subunit/subtypes in the vertebrate retina was
investigated by immunocytochemistry using anti-peptide antibodies against AMPA (GluR1 …