Foveal cones form basal as well as invaginating junctions with diffuse ON bipolar cells

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 3373-3381

  Calkins, D J ^a,c   Tsukamoto, Y ^b   Sterling, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal synapse; Bipolar cell; Cone; Fovea; Invaginating synapse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; DENDRITE; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MACACA; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA ROD; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0030296619     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(95)00333-9     Document Type: Article

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