Electrical coupling of retinal horizontal cells mediated by distinct voltage-independent junctions

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 811-818

  Lu, Chengbiao ^b   Zhang, Dao Qi ^b   McMahon, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Connexin; DMSO; Electrical synapse; Gap junctions; Voltage dependence

Indexed keywords

CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; DOPAMINE; FISH; HEPTANOL; HYBRID; RETINA; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; BASS; CELLS, CULTURED; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DOPAMINE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEPTANOL; NITROPRUSSIDE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RETINA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033197709     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523899165015     Document Type: Article

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