Screening of gap junction antagonists on dye coupling in the rabbit retina

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 609-618

  Pan, Feng ^a   Mills, Stephen L ^a   Massey, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gap junction antagonist; Horizontal cells; Retina

Indexed keywords

18ALPHA GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; 2 AMINOETHOXYDIPHENYLBORANE; CARBENOXOLONE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DYE; FLUFENAMIC ACID; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; MECLOFENAMIC ACID; MEFLOQUINE; NIFLUMIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA CELL; SCREENING; SOLUBILITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; BORON COMPOUNDS; COLORING AGENTS; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DIFFUSION; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MECLOFENAMIC ACID; MEFLOQUINE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE NET; RABBITS; RETINA;

EID: 34848896650     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523807070472     Document Type: Article

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