ScienceAsia 8 (1982): 085-093 |doi: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.1982.08.085

NEUROTRANSMITIER SYSTEMS IN THE VERTEBRATE RETINA

THYON CHENTANEZ and DIANA A. REDBURN^a

ABSTRACT: Retina putative neurotransmitters, namely, acetylcholine (Ach), gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), dopamine (DA), and several amino acid putative neurotransmitters, concerning their anatomical distribution, their synthesis, storage, release, action, termination of activity, and their electrophysiological properties in the retina are reviewed. In addition, specific roles of these neurotransmitters in certain synoptic layers of the retina are also included.

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Department of Physiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama VI Rd., Bangkok 4, Thailand and Department of Neurobiology^a and Anatomy, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas 77025, U.S.A.

Received 14 January 1982