Functional stability of retinal ganglion cells after degeneration-induced changes in synaptic input

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 6526-6536

  Margolis, David J ^a,c   Newkirk, Gregory ^a   Euler, Thomas ^b   Detwiler, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blindness; Calcium; Dendrites; Ganglion cells; Photoreceptor; Retinal degeneration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PATCH CLAMP; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; ANIMAL; C3H MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 46749111426     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1533-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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