Connexin36 is essential for transmission of rod-mediated visual signals in the mammalian retina

Neuron

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 703-712

  Deans, Michael R ^a   Volgyi, Bela ^b   Goodenough, Daniel A ^a   Bloomfield, Stewart A ^b   Paul, David L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; CONNEXIN 36; N (2 AMINOETHYL)BIOTINAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DISRUPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MAMMAL; MICROINJECTION; MOUSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 0037079080     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(02)01046-2     Document Type: Article

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