1991
Cryopreservation of postnatal rat retinal ganglion cells: Persistence of voltage- and ligand-gated ionic currents
Sucher N, Cheng T, Lipton S. Cryopreservation of postnatal rat retinal ganglion cells: Persistence of voltage- and ligand-gated ionic currents. Neuroscience 1991, 43: 135-150. PMID: 1717883, DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(91)90423-l.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRetinal ganglion cellsGanglion cellsPostnatal rat retinal ganglion cellsOutward currentsRat retinal ganglion cellsCultured retinal ganglion cellsTetraethylammonium-sensitive currentPostnatal retinal ganglion cellsInhibitory amino acidsRetinal cell suspensionsWhole-cell modePatch-clamp techniqueWhole-cell configurationBicuculline methiodideMicroM tetrodotoxinChloride-selective currentsPharmacological sensitivityPotassium currentMicroM Cd2Prolonged time courseAction potentialsProlonged componentsVoltage protocolsSignificant differencesTime course
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