Horizontal cell receptive fields are reduced in connexin57-deficient mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3176-3186

  Shelley, Jennifer ^a   Dedek, Karin ^a   Schubert, Timm ^a   Feigenspan, Andreas ^a   Schultz, Konrad ^a   Hombach, Sonja ^b   Willecke, Klaus ^b   Weiler, Reto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connexin57; Gap junction; Horizontal cell; Receptive field; Retina

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 57; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; DENDRITE; DEPOLARIZATION; DISSOCIATION; GAP JUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; STIMULUS; SYNAPSE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CELL SHAPE; CONNEXINS; DOPAMINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LIGHT; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RETINAL HORIZONTAL CELLS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 33745208959     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04848.x     Document Type: Article

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