Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4036409 | Vision Research | 2006 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Receptive fields of gap junction-coupled axon terminals of B-type horizontal cells of isolated rabbit retinae were measured by recording light responses to slit shaped light stimuli at different eccentricities from the recording site. The D1/D5 agonist SKF-38393 and the membrane permeant second messenger 8-bromo-cAMP caused decreases of space constants by 20% while the D1/D5 antagonist SCH-23390 increased space constants by 25%. The results of this study indicate that axon terminal receptive fields of the rabbit retina can be modulated by D1/D5 receptor activation based on a cAMP-mediated mechanism. The data also suggest the presence of endogenous dopamine as an agent for axon terminal receptive field size modulation.
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Authors
Herbert A. Reitsamer, Renate Pflug, Melchior Franz, Sonja Huber,