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SUBMITTER: Balakrishnan V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4529965 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Neuron 20150801 3
Ribbon synapses convey sustained and phasic excitatory drive within retinal microcircuits. However, the properties of retinal inhibitory synapses are less well known. AII-amacrine cells are interneurons in the retina that exhibit large glycinergic synapses at their dendritic lobular appendages. Using membrane capacitance measurements, we observe robust exocytosis elicited by the opening of L-type Ca(2+) channels located on the lobular appendages. Two pools of synaptic vesicles were detected: a s ...[more]