Synaptic growth in the rod terminals of mice after partial photoreceptor cell loss: A three-dimensional ultrastructural study

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 96-105

  Jansen, H G ^a   Hawkins, R K ^a   Sanyal, S ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

light damaged retina; mutant retina; rod synapse; sprouting; synaptic ribbon

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; MAMMALS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; VISION;

BIPOLAR CELLS; CELL LOSS; LIGHT DAMAGED RETINA; MUTANT RETINA; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; ROD SYNAPSE; SECOND ORDERS; SPROUTING; SYNAPTIC COMPLEX; SYNAPTIC RIBBON;

NEURONS;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; RETINA INJURY; RETINA ROD; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030891510     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19970115)36:2<96::AID-JEMT3>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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