Electrical activity regulates dendritic reorganization in ganglion cells after neonatal retinal lesion in the cat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 405, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 262-270

  Deplano, S ^a   Gargini, C ^b,c   Bisti, S ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^e CNR Ist Tipizzazione T   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dendritic arborization; Development; Retina; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DEPLETION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INJURY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATS; DENDRITES; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0033535328     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990308)405:2<262::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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