Photoreceptor classes and transmission at the photoreceptor synapse in the retina of the clawed frog, Xenopus laevis

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 338-346

  Witkovsky, Paul ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone; Horizontal cell; Rod; Synapse; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; CLAWED FROG XENOPUS; GAP-JUNCTIONS; HORIZONTAL CELL; ROD; SYNAPSE; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

VISION;

CALCIUM; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MATURATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL TYPE; GAP JUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANURA; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033844246     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0029(20000901)50:5<338::AID-JEMT3>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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