Gap junctions between AII amacrine cells and calbindin-positive bipolar cells in the rabbit retina

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1181-1189

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

AII amacrine cells; Calbindin; Calretinin; Electron microscopy; Gap junction; Tracer coupling

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EYE PROTEIN; NEUROBIOTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTERNEURON; METABOLISM; RABBIT; RETINA; SENSORY NERVE CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; EYE PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GAP JUNCTIONS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTERNEURONS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RABBITS; RETINA;

EID: 0033226643     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523899166173     Document Type: Article

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