title: Unconventional Transmission at Conventional Synapses of an Inhibitory Interneuron.
abstract: The AII amacrine cell (AII) is a key information hub in the retina, allowing rod-driven signals to piggyback onto cone-dominated circuitry. In this issue, Balakrishnan et al. (2015) use capacitance recordings to unravel mechanisms of inhibitory synaptic transmission by AIIs.
authors.affiliation: Truhlsen Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Van Hook
authors.affiliation: Truhlsen Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA. Electronic address: wbthores@unmc.edu.
authors.forename: Wallace B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Thoreson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005089:Exocytosis / Q000502:physiology*; D007395:Interneurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D009433:Neural Inhibition / Q000502:physiology*; D012160:Retina / Q000378:metabolism*; D013572:Synaptic Vesicles / Q000378:metabolism*