From retinal circuitry to eye diseases-In memory of Henk Spekreijse

Vision Research

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 992-995

  Wu, Samuel M ^a  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amacrine cells; Bardet Biedl Syndrome; Basic helix loop helix transcription factors; Bipolar cells; Connexins; Ganglion cells; Guanylate cyclase activating proteins; Retinal synaptic circuitry; Spinocerebellar Ataxia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARDET BIEDL SYNDROME; CELL TYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA NERVE CELL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISION; VOLTAGE CLAMP; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RETINA; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL NEURONS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; URODELA;

EID: 67349124104     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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