Visual transmission deficits in mice with targeted disruption of the gap junction gene connexin36

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 6036-6044

  Güldenagel, Martin ^a   Ammermüller, Josef ^b   Feigenspan, Andreas ^b   Teubner, Barbara ^a   Degen, Joachim ^a   Söhl, Goran ^a   Willecke, Klaus ^a   Weiler, Reto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

All amacrine cell; Cone ON bipolar cell; Connexin36; Cx36; Electroretinogram; ERG; Gap junctions; Knock out; Mouse; Retina; VEP; Visual evoked potential; Visual transmission

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 36; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE DISRUPTION; MALE; MOUSE; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISION;

EID: 0035882492     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-16-06036.2001     Document Type: Article

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