Review Article

Ionotropic GABA Receptors and Distal Retinal ON and OFF Responses

Table 1

GABA receptor expression in retinal neurons, autoradiography, immunocytochemistry, and in situ hybridization.

Retinal cell type GABAARReferenceSpeciesGABAcRReference

Photoreceptors +[106, 109, 110]Fish
Frog + [111]
+[112]Tiger salamander
Rat +[113]
Mouse +[113]
+[114]Cat +[81]
+[115]Rabbit
+[116]Monkey
+[116]Human

Bipolar cells +[111]Frog + [111]
+[111]Turtle +[111]
+[110]Fish + [110, 117, 118]
Chick + [117, 118]
+[119]Rabbit +[117, 120, 121]
+[114]Cat +[117, 118, 120]
+[121124] Rat +[117, 120, 124]
+[125]Mouse +[125]
+[116, 126, 127] Monkey +[117, 120, 127]
+[116]Human

Horizontal cells +[112]Tiger salamander
+[110]Fish + [110]
+[122]Rat

Amacrine cellsFrog +[111]
+[109]Fish
+[117, 123, 128] Rat
+[119]Rabbit
+[129, 130]Cat

Ganglion cells + [117, 122124, 131]Rat
+ [119, 131, 132]Rabbit +[132]
+[129]Cat
+ [126, 133]Monkey