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