The kinetics of tracer movement through homologous gap junctions in the rabbit retina

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 765-777

  Mills, Stephen L ^a,b   Massey, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin; Gap junction; Lucifer Yellow; Neurobiotin; Retina; Tracer coupling

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCENT DYE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; LUCIFER YELLOW; NEUROBIOTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DIFFUSION; INJECTION; IONTOPHORESIS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; RABBIT; RETINA;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CONNEXINS; DIFFUSION; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; INJECTIONS; IONTOPHORESIS; ISOQUINOLINES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; RABBITS; RETINA;

EID: 0032126134     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523898154159     Document Type: Article

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