Components and properties of the G3 ganglion cell circuit in the rabbit retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 513, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-82

  Hoshi, Hideo ^a   Mills, Stephen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amacrine cell; Bipolar cell; Connexin36; Ganglion cell; Gap junction; Orientation selectivity

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CONNEXIN 36; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; FLUORESCENT DYE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DOPAMINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; CELL JUNCTION; CELL SHAPE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CELL SHAPE; CONNEXINS; DOPAMINE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; NERVE NET; RABBITS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPSES; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 59649120120     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21941     Document Type: Article

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