1988
Spontaneous release of acetylcholine affects the physiological nicotinic responses of rat retinal ganglion cells in culture
Lipton S. Spontaneous release of acetylcholine affects the physiological nicotinic responses of rat retinal ganglion cells in culture. Journal Of Neuroscience 1988, 8: 3857-3868. PMID: 2903915, PMCID: PMC6569610, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.08-10-03857.1988.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRetinal ganglion cellsGanglion cellsEndogenous AChRetinal culturesMammalian retinal ganglion cellsOutward currentsRat retinal ganglion cellsCentral mammalian neuronsCholinergic amacrine cellsWhole-cell recordingsConcentrations of AChTonic currentsNicotinic currentsExogenous AChCholinergic responsesNicotinic antagonistsNicotinic responsesAmacrine cellsCentral neuronsNicotinic agonistsD-turbocurarineRetinal cellsTrophic effectsSpontaneous releaseIntact retina
1987
Neural nicotinic acetylcholine responses in solitary mammalian retinal ganglion cells
Lipton S, Aizenman E, Loring R. Neural nicotinic acetylcholine responses in solitary mammalian retinal ganglion cells. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal Of Physiology 1987, 410: 37-43. PMID: 3684508, DOI: 10.1007/bf00581893.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRetinal ganglion cellsGanglion cellsWhole-cell recordingsAcetylcholine responseNicotinic responsesNervous systemMammalian retinal ganglion cellsRat retinal ganglion cellsNicotinic channelsAutonomic ganglion cellsDihydro-β-erythroidineNicotinic receptor antagonistAcetylcholine-induced currentsPeripheral nervous systemNicotinic acetylcholine responsesAgonist-induced currentsCentral nervous systemPatch-clamp techniqueCholinergic responsesReceptor antagonistCentral neuronsToxin FD-tubocurarineNicotinic natureΑ-bungarotoxin