Unusual coupling patterns of a cone bipolar cell in the rabbit retina

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1029-1035

  Mills, Stephen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric coupling; Bipolar cells; Gap junction; Retina

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; LUCIFER YELLOW; NEUROBIOTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITE; INTERNEURON; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RETINA CONE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOTIN; CONES (RETINA); DENDRITES; GAP JUNCTIONS; INTERNEURONS; ISOQUINOLINES; RABBITS;

EID: 0033226384     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523899166057     Document Type: Article

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