Bipolar cells in the turtle retina are strongly immunoreactive for glutamate.
- 1 November 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 85 (21) , 8321-8325
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.85.21.8321
Abstract
Strong glutamate immunoreactivity was observed by both light and electron microscopy in bipolar cells of the turtle (Pseudemys scripta elegans) retina after postembedded immunohistochemistry. Virtually all bipolar cells showed strong labeling, on average 18 times that of the Muller (glial) cells. The data suggest that both on- and off-center bipolar cells are glutamatergic. Photoreceptors were also labeled, but with a labeling intensity about half tht of the bipolar cells. Other types of retinal neurons showed less immunoreactivity, except for a small population of strongly labeled amacrine cells.This publication has 36 references indexed in Scilit:
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