Ca2+ signalling and gap junction coupling within and between pigment epithelium and neural retina in the developing chick

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2435-2445

  Pearson, Rachael A ^a   Catsicas, Marina ^a,b   Becker, David L ^a   Bayley, Philippa ^a   Lüneborg, Nanna L ^a   Mobbs, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ca2+ imaging; Cx43; Development; Differentiation; Proliferation; Ventricular zone

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; CALCIUM ION; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; NEUROBIOTIN; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GAP JUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; STEM CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANILINE COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CARBENOXOLONE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONNEXIN 43; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINA; TUBULIN; VIMENTIN; XANTHENES;

EID: 2442539213     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-816X.2004.03338.x     Document Type: Article

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