Asymmetric gap junctional coupling between glial cells in the rat retina

GLIA

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 10-22

  Zahs, Kathleen R ^a   Newman, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

astrocyte; dye coupling; gap junction; glia; intercellular coupling; Muller cell

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDE; BIOTIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCENT DYE; HALOTHANE; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; LUCIFER YELLOW; NEUROBIOTIN; OCTANOL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GLIA; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RETINA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

1-OCTANOL; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BIOTIN; CYCLIC N-OXIDES; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; HALOTHANE; ISOQUINOLINES; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEUROGLIA; OCTANOLS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RETINA;

EID: 0031148970     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199705)20:1<10::AID-GLIA2>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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