Molecular Structure and Physiological Functions of GABAB Receptors

B Bettler, K Kaupmann, J Mosbacher… - Physiological …, 2004 - journals.physiology.org
GABAB receptors are broadly expressed in the nervous system and have been implicated in
a wide variety of neurological and psychiatric disorders. The cloning of the first GABAB …

Glutamate receptors and circuits in the vertebrate retina

WB Thoreson, P Witkovsky - Progress in retinal and eye research, 1999 - Elsevier
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 …

GABAB receptor inhibition of P-type Ca2+ channels in central neurons

IM Mintz, BP Bean - Neuron, 1993 - cell.com
P-type Ca 2+ channels in cerebellar Purkinje neurons were inhibited by GABA and the
GABAB receptor agonist baclofen. Inhibition of P-type Ca 2+ channel current involved …

Characterization of receptors for glutamate and GABA in retinal neurons

XL Yang - Progress in neurobiology, 2004 - Elsevier
Glutamate and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) are major excitatory and inhibitory
neurotransmitters in the vertebrate retina,“a genuine neural center”(Ramón y Cajal, 1964 …

Cannabinoid CB1 receptors and ligands in vertebrate retina: localization and function of an endogenous signaling system

A Straiker, N Stella, D Piomelli… - Proceedings of the …, 1999 - National Acad Sciences
CB1, a cannabinoid receptor enriched in neuronal tissue, was found in high concentration in
retinas of rhesus monkey, mouse, rat, chick, goldfish, and tiger salamander by using a …

Calcium influx and calcium current in single synaptic terminals of goldfish retinal bipolar neurons.

R Heidelberger, G Matthews - The Journal of Physiology, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Reciprocal synaptic interactions between rod bipolar cells and amacrine cells in the rat retina

E Hartveit - Journal of neurophysiology, 1999 - journals.physiology.org
Reciprocal synaptic interactions between rod bipolar cells and amacrine cells in the rat
retina. Reciprocal synaptic transmission between rod bipolar cells and presumed A17 …

[HTML][HTML] T-type Ca2+ channels mediate neurotransmitter release in retinal bipolar cells

ZH Pan, HJ Hu, P Perring, R Andrade - Neuron, 2001 - cell.com
Transmitter release in neurons is thought to be mediated exclusively by high-voltage-
activated (HVA) Ca 2+ channels. However, we now report that, in retinal bipolar cells, low …

Temporal Contrast Enhancement via GABAC Feedback at Bipolar Terminals in the Tiger Salamander Retina

CJ Dong, FS Werblin - Journal of neurophysiology, 1998 - journals.physiology.org
Dong, Cun-Jian and Frank S. Werblin. Temporal contrast enhancement via GABAC
feedback at bipolar terminals in the tiger salamander retina. J. Neurophysiol. 79: 2171 …

Coordinated dynamic encoding in the retina using opposing forms of plasticity

DB Kastner, SA Baccus - Nature neuroscience, 2011 - nature.com
The range of natural inputs encoded by a neuron often exceeds its dynamic range. To
overcome this limitation, neural populations divide their inputs among different cell classes …