Organotypic culture of physiologically functional adult mammalian retinas

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Koizumi, Amane ^a   Zeck, Günther ^b   Ben, Yixin ^c   Masland, Richard H ^a   Jakobs, Tatjana C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Burke Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EXPLANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTERPHASE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA IMAGE; RETINA NERVE CELL; TISSUE CULTURE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; RABBIT; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

MAMMALIA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; EYE PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PLASMIDS; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 42949104431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000221     Document Type: Article

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