A novel type of interplexiform amacrine cell in the mouse retina

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-228

  Dedek, Karin ^a   Breuninger, Tobias ^b   De Sevilla Müller, Luis Pérez ^a   Maxeiner, Stephan ^c   Schultz, Konrad ^a   Janssen Bienhold, Ulrike ^a   Willecke, Klaus ^c   Euler, Thomas ^b   Weiler, Reto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amacrine cell; Connexin45; Dye coupling; GABAergic; Light response

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; CONNEXIN 45; DNA; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA;

EID: 67651159288     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06808.x     Document Type: Article

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