Early steps in the assembly of photoreceptor ribbon synapses in the mouse retina: The involvement of precursor spheres

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 512, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 814-824

  Regus Leidig, Hanna ^a   Dieck, Susanne Tom ^a,b   Specht, Dana ^a,b   Meyer, Lars ^c   Brandstätter, Johann Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active zone; Cone; Presynaptic proteins; Rod; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; BSN PROTEIN, MOUSE; CTBP2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; PCLO PROTEIN, MOUSE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; RIMS1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPORT VESICLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; SYNAPSES; TRANSPORT VESICLES;

EID: 59649091759     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21915     Document Type: Article

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