Gap junctional coupling between progenitor cells of regenerating retina in the adult newt

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 258-269

  Chiba, Chikafumi ^a   Saito, Takehiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gap junction; Newt retina; Progenitor cell; Retinal regeneration; Slice patch clamp

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GAP JUNCTION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEWT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION; RETINA; STEM CELL; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; DOPAMINE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; HALOTHANE; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; ISOQUINOLINES; LYSINE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROINJECTIONS; MITOSIS; NERVE REGENERATION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM; RETINA; SALAMANDRIDAE; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0033978487     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(20000205)42:2<258::AID-NEU9>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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