Retinal synapses. Glutamate receptors for signal amplification.
The localization of metabotropic glutamate receptors in retinal bipolar cells supports the view that these receptors are involved in the synaptic amplification that allows the detection of dim-light stimuli.
Department of Physiology, University College London, UK.
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D000818:Animals; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000502:physiology; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate / Q000502:physiology*; D012160:Retina / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission
D017470:Receptors, Glutamate; D006152:Cyclic GMP