1990
Blockade of nicotinic responses in rat retinal ganglion cells by neuronal bungarotoxin
Aizenman E, Loring R, Lipton S. Blockade of nicotinic responses in rat retinal ganglion cells by neuronal bungarotoxin. Brain Research 1990, 517: 209-214. PMID: 2375991, DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(90)91028-f.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRat retinal ganglion cellsRetinal ganglion cellsNeuronal bungarotoxinGanglion cellsTotal blockadeFunctional nicotinic receptorsAcetylcholine-induced currentsNicotinic acetylcholine responsesNicotinic currentsAcetylcholine responseNicotinic responsesComplete blockadeNicotinic receptorsSuperfusion methodPressure ejectionToxin applicationBlockadePatch electrodeBungarotoxinCellsHigh affinityResponseReceptors
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