Two ribbon synaptic units in rod photoreceptors of macaque, human, and cat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 455, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 100-112

  Migdale, Karen ^a   Herr, Steve ^a   Klug, Karl ^a   Ahmad, Kareem ^a   Linberg, Ken ^b   Sterling, Peter ^c   Schein, Stan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocytosis; Presynaptic terminals; Retina; Rods (retina); Synapses; Synaptic membranes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACACA; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; RETINA ROD; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

ANIMALS; CATS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MACACA FASCICULARIS; RODS (RETINA); SYNAPSES;

EID: 0037211339     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10501     Document Type: Article

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