title: Synaptic inputs from rods and cones to horizontal cells in the tiger salamander retina.
abstract: Synaptic inputs from rods and cones to horizontal cells (HCs) were studied in the flatmounted isolated retinas of the tiger salamander. Voltage-intensity relations, spectral sensitivities and response waveforms of the rod, the cone, and the HC under dark- and light-adapted conditions were examined. HCs receive mixed inputs from rods and cones in both dark- and light-adapted retinas. The relative rod/cone input in HCs depends on the intensity of stimulus and background illumination, and it varies from HC to HC.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Institute of Physiology, Academia Sinica, Shanghai, PRC.
authors.forename: X L
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000557:Ambystoma / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D000818:Animals; D003623:Dark Adaptation; D004594:Electrophysiology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D012160:Retina / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology