Gap-junction communication between subtypes of direction-selective ganglion cells in the developing retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 482, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-93

  DeBoer, Darrell J ^a   Vaney, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Rabbit retina; Synchrony; Tracer coupling

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; NEUROBIOTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SELECTION; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNEURON; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RABBITS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 11244349943     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20351     Document Type: Article

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