Light responses and morphology of bNOSimmunoreactive neurons in the mouse retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2456-2474

  Pang, Ji Jie ^a   Gao, Fan ^a   Wu, Samuel M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dye coupling; Patch clamp recording; Retrograde labeling

Indexed keywords

DYE; LUCIFER YELLOW; NEUROBIOTIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMPA RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOS1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL LABELING; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; VOLTAGE CLAMP; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DARKNESS; DRUG EFFECTS; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VISION; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DARKNESS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, KAINIC ACID; RETINA; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 77952128946     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22347     Document Type: Article

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