Expression of connexin 35/36 in retinal horizontal and bipolar cells of carp

Neuroscience

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1161-1169

  Liu, C R ^a   Xu, L ^a   Zhong, Y M ^a   Li, R X ^a   Yang, X L ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

bipolar cells; connexin 35 36; horizontal cells; immunofluroscence double labeling; retina

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 35; CONNEXIN 36; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE C ALPHA; RECOVERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CARPS; CONNEXINS; DENDRITES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAP JUNCTIONS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RETINA; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL HORIZONTAL CELLS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 70350538944     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.09.035     Document Type: Article

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