Mouse photoreceptor synaptic ribbons lose and regain material in response to illumination changes

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1559-1571

  Spiwoks Becker, Isabella ^a   Glas, Martin ^a   Lasarzik, Irina ^a   Vollrath, Lutz ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mouse (BALB c); Photoreceptor cell; Retina; Ribbon synapse; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC GMP; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DARK ADAPTATION; ILLUMINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ROD; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE RIBBON; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CHELATING AGENTS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYCLIC GMP; DARK ADAPTATION; DARKNESS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EGTAZIC ACID; IONOPHORES; LIGHT; LIGHTING; MALE; MELATONIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTORS; RETINA; SYNAPSES; THIONUCLEOTIDES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1842504024     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03198.x     Document Type: Article

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