Development of cholinergic amacrine cells is visual activity-dependent in the postnatal mouse retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 484, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 331-343

  Zhang, Jian ^a   Yang, Zhuo ^a   Wu, Samuel U ^a  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar cells; Cholinergic amacrine cells; Dopaminergic amacrine cells; Horizontal cells; Mouse retina; M ller and glial cells; Rods and cones

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; RECOVERIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MOUSE; MUELLER CELL; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA ROD; SOMATIC CELL; SYNAPTOGENESIS; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

AGE FACTORS; AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL COUNT; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; PROTEIN KINASE C; RECOVERIN; RETINA; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VISION;

EID: 14644413467     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20470     Document Type: Article

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