Rod and cone contributions to horizontal cell light responses in the mouse retina

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 27, 2008, Pages 6818-6825

  Trümpler, Jennifer ^a   Dedek, Karin ^a   Schubert, Timm ^a   Müller, Luis Pérez De Sevilla ^a   Seeliger, Mathias ^b   Humphries, Peter ^c   Biel, Martin ^d   Weiler, Reto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axon terminal; CNG; Connexin36; Horizontal cell; Retina; Rhodopsin

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 36; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; RHODOPSIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL JUNCTION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CONES (RETINA); CONNEXINS; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CATION CHANNELS; GAP JUNCTIONS; LIGHT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; RETINAL HORIZONTAL CELLS; RHODOPSIN; RODS (RETINA); SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISION;

EID: 49049112090     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1564-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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