Dendritic relationship between starburst amacrine cells and direction-selective ganglion cells in the rabbit retina

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 556, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-17

  Dong, Wei ^a   Sun, Wenzhi ^a   Zhang, Yingye ^a   Chen, Xiaorong ^a   He, Shigang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; GEOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; DENDRITE; INNERVATION; NEW ZEALAND WHITE (RABBIT); RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA RECEPTIVE FIELD; SYNAPSE;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DENDRITES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; RABBITS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 1942517954     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.060715     Document Type: Article

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