Retinoic acid, a neuromodulator in the retina

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 131, Issue , 2001, Pages 309-318

  Weiler, Reto ^a   Pottek, Mark ^a   Schultz, Konrad ^a   Janssen Bienhold, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID;

DARK ADAPTATION; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; LIGHT ADAPTATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW;

EID: 0035784006     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(01)31025-7     Document Type: Review

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