Convergence and segregation of the multiple rod pathways in mammalian retina

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 49, 2004, Pages 11182-11192

  Völgyi, Béla ^a,b   Deans, Michael R ^c   Paul, David L ^c   Bloomfield, Stewart A ^a,b  

^a Department of Ophthalmology ^*  (United States)

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

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; Gap junction; Retina; Retinal ganglion cell; Rod; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA ROD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMACRINE CELLS; AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; EYE PROTEINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RODS (RETINA); VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 10944246479     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3096-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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