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. 2014 Jul 20;2014:149187. doi: 10.1155/2014/149187

Table 2.

Effects of GABA and GABA antagonists on the light responses and centre-surround organization of the receptive fields of the ON and OFF bipolar cells.

BCs type Effects on light responses Effects on centre-surround organization Species References
GABA GABAAR antagonists GABACR antagonists
ON BCs Decreased Increased Increased Preserved Mudpuppy [177]
Decreased Eliminated Mudpuppy [178]
Slight reduction Eliminated Xenopus [179]
No effect Carp [180]
Increased∗ Rat [181]

OFF BCs Decreased No effect No effect Preserved Mudpuppy [177]
No effect Mudpuppy [178]
Decreased Preserved Xenopus [179]
Decreased Carp [180]
Decreased Decreased Decreased Preserved Tiger salamander [182]
Decreased Eliminated Tiger salamander [183]

*Combined application of GABAA + GABAC antagonists.