Society for Neuroscience 2004

Poster Presentations

Differential effects of endocannabinoid signaling on spontaneous and evoked GABA release from retinal amacrine cells

Miniature preview of Ajith Warrier's poster
Ajith
Ajith Warrier*, M. Wilson

We have examined both asynchronous evoked and “spontaneous” transmission at autapses using cultured chick amacrine cells... (Poster PDF)

Sphingosine Stimulates Local Calcium Entry in Retinal Amacrine Cells

Miniature preview of Sarah Lindstrom's poster
Sarah
S. H. Lindstrom*, S. Borges, C. Walters, A. Warrier, and M. Wilson

Unlike the stereotypical neuron, most amacrine cells have pre- and post-synaptic sites intermixed along their dendrites. This design raises the possibility that transmitter release from amacrine dendrites might be very locally controlled... (Poster PDF)