Connexin36 is required for gap junctional coupling of most ganglion cell subtypes in the mouse retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 911-927

  Pan, Feng ^a   Paul, David L ^b   Bloomfield, Stewart A ^a   Völgyi, Béla ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amacrine cell; Ganglion cell; Gap junction; Mouse; Tracer coupling

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 36; CONNEXIN 45; TRACER;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE DELETION; HISTOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WILD TYPE;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 77949409736     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22254     Document Type: Article

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