Amacrine Cells in Necturus Retina: Evidence for Independent γ-Aminobutyric Acid- and Glycine-Releasing Neurons
- 18 November 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 198 (4318), 748-750
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.910159
Abstract
About one-half of on-off ganglion cells have inhibitory postsynaptic potentials (IPSP's) which are blocked by strychnine, while the remainder have IPSP's which are blocked by picrotoxin or bicuculline. These antagonists do not abolish light activity of the presynaptic inhibitory neuron, the amacrine cell. The existence of separate gamma-aminobutyric acid- and glycine-releasing amacrine cells is implied by these results.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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