Role of the synaptic ribbon in transmitting the cone light response

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 303-310

  Jackman, Skyler L ^a   Choi, Sue Yeon ^a,c   Thoreson, Wallace B ^b   Rabl, Katalin ^b,c   Bartoletti, Theodore M ^b   Kramer, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LASER MICROSCOPY; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; LIZARDS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 60749089872     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.2267     Document Type: Article

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