Conical tomography of a ribbon synapse: Structural evidence for vesicle fusion

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Zampighi, Guido A ^a   Schietroma, Cataldo ^a   Zampighi, Lorenzo M ^a   Woodruff, Michael ^b   Wright, Ernest M ^a   Brecha, Nicholas C ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONICAL ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; RETINA; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; RETINA ROD; RIBBON SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHT; MALE; MEMBRANE FUSION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MUS; SPHERULES;

ANIMALS; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGHT; MALE; MEMBRANE FUSION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 79952296817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016944     Document Type: Article

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