Plasticity of retinal ribbon synapses

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 472-487

  Vollrath, Lutz ^a   Spiwoks Becker, Isabella ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pineal gland; Retina; Ribbon synapses; Synaptic ribbons

Indexed keywords

BELT CONVEYORS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; LOCATION; MAMMALS;

CHEMICAL SYNAPSE; CONVEYOR BELTS; HAIR CELLS; ORGAN OF CORTI; PINEAL GLAND; RETINA; RIBBON SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC RIBBON; SYNAPTIC VESICLE; VESTIBULAR ORGANS;

NEURONS;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; SYNAPSE; TELEOST; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0030445681     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19961215)35:6<472::AID-JEMT6>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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