Emergence of realistic retinal networks in culture promoted by the superior colliculus

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 406-416

  Colicos, Michael A ^b   Firth, Sally I ^a   Bosze, Jenel ^a   Goldstein, Jennifer ^a   Feller, Marla B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amacrine cells; Calcium transients; Diffusible factors; Dissociated cell culture; Gap junctions; Immunofluorescence; Retinal ganglion cells; Retinal waves; Spontaneous activity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; INTERNEURONS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 18644381955     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082283     Document Type: Article

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