A novel connection between rods and on cone bipolar cells revealed by ectopic metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 (mGluR7) in mGluR6-deficient mouse retinas

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 6261-6267

  Tsukamoto, Yoshihiko ^a   Morigiwa, Katsuko ^a,b   Ishii, Masaaki ^a   Takao, Motoharu ^c   Iwatsuki, Ken ^d   Nakanishi, Shigetada ^e   Fukuda, Yutaka ^f  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b EW 89 Synchronicity Research Institute   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e OSAKA BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^f OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cone; Glutamate receptor; Network; Neurotransmission; Retina; Rod; Vision

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 6; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 7;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CHORISTOMA; CONES (RETINA); MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; RODS (RETINA); VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 34249995682     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5646-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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