Disruption and recovery of patterned retinal activity in the absence of acetylcholine

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 41, 2005, Pages 9347-9357

  Stacy, Rebecca C ^a   Demas, Jay ^a   Burgess, Robert W ^a,b   Sanes, Joshua R ^a,c   Wong, Rachel O L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Development; Gap junction; Homeostasis; Retina; Wave

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 3 AMINO 2 (3 CARBOXYPROPYL) 6 (4 METHOXYPHENYL)PYRIDAZINIUM BROMIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; ATROPINE; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE; CARBENOXOLONE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DIHYDRO BETA ERYTHROIDINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NIFEDIPINE; STRYCHNINE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GAP JUNCTION; HOMEOSTASIS; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY PATTERNING; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RETINA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 26844522440     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1800-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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