Hemichannel-mediated and pH-based feedback from horizontal cells to cones in the vertebrate retina

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Fahrenfort, Iris ^a   Steijaert, Marvin ^c   Sjoerdsma, Trijntje ^a   Vickers, Evan ^d   Ripps, Harris ^e,f   van Asselt, Jorrit ^a   Endeman, Duco ^a   Klooster, Jan ^a   Numan, Robert ^b   ten Eikelder, Huub ^c   von Gersdorff, Henrique ^d   Kamermans, Maarten ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^f MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (2 HYDROXYETHYL) 1 PIPERAZINEETHANESULFONIC ACID; ACETIC ACID; BICARBONATE; BUFFER; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; CARRIER PROTEINS AND BINDING PROTEINS; CONNEXIN HEMICHANNEL; PROTON; TROMETAMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM;

ACIDIFICATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL PH; COMPUTER MODEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EPHAPSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GOLDFISH; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; VOLTAGE CLAMP; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PH; RETINA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

VERTEBRATA;

ACETATES; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FEMALE; GOLDFISH; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OOCYTES; RETINA; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VERTEBRATES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 67650529808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006090     Document Type: Article

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