Tracer coupling pattern of amacrine and ganglion cells in the rabbit retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 383, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 512-528

  Xin, Daiyan ^a   Bloomfield, Stewart A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrites; Electrical coupling; Gap junctions; Neurobiotin; Retinal activity

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; TRACER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOTIN; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; INDOLES; RABBITS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0030808237     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970714)383:4<512::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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