The modulation of intercellular coupling in the retina

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 311-318

  Baldridge, William H ^a   Vaney, David I ^b   Weiler, Reto ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amacrine cell; Gap junction; Horizontal cell; Neuromodulation; Retina

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CYTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; GAP JUNCTIONS; RETINA;

EID: 0032085822     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1998.0235     Document Type: Article

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