Afferent control of horizontal cell morphology revealed by genetic respecification of rods and cones

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3540-3547

  Raven, Mary A ^a   Oh, Edwin C T ^b,c   Swaroop, Anand ^b,c   Reese, Benjamin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon terminal; Cone pedicle; Differentiation; Nrl; Outer plexiform layer; Rod spherule

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; INNERVATION; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DENDRITES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEUROPEPTIDES; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RETINAL HORIZONTAL CELLS;

EID: 34047161845     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0372-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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