%0 Journal Article %A Rountree, CM %A Troy, JB %A Saggere, L %D 2018 %T Methodology for Biomimetic Chemical Neuromodulation of Rat Retinas with the 2 Neurotransmitter Glutamate In Vitro %U https://indigo.uic.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Methodology_for_Biomimetic_Chemical_Neuromodulation_of_Rat_Retinas_with_the_2_Neurotransmitter_Glutamate_In_Vitro/10957616 %2 https://indigo.uic.edu/ndownloader/files/19452170 %K untagged %X This protocol describes a novel method for investigating a form of chemical neurostimulation of wholemount rat retinas in vitro with the neurotransmitter glutamate. Chemical neurostimulation is a promising alternative to the conventional electrical neurostimulation of retinal neurons for treating irreversible blindness caused by photoreceptor degenerative diseases. %I University of Illinois at Chicago