GABA(A) receptors containing the α2 subunit are critical for direction-selective inhibition in the retina.

Far from being a simple sensor, the retina actively participates in processing visual signals. One of the best understood aspects of this processing is the detection of motion direction. Direction-selective (DS) retinal circuits include several subtypes of ganglion cells (GCs) and inhibitory interne...

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Main Authors: Olivia Nicola Auferkorte, Tom Baden, Sanjeev Kumar Kaushalya, Nawal Zabouri, Uwe Rudolph, Silke Haverkamp, Thomas Euler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22506070/?tool=EBI