Modulation of rod photoreceptor output by HCN1 channels is essential for regular mesopic cone vision

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Seeliger, Mathias W ^a   Brombas, Arne ^b   Weiler, Reto ^c   Humphries, Peter ^d   Knop, Gabriel ^b   Tanimoto, Naoyuki ^a   Müller, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 36; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CATION CHANNEL; HYPERPOLARIZATION-ACTIVATED CATION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MESOPIC VISION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISION;

ANIMALS; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CATION CHANNELS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RETINA; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; ROD-CONE INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 82555194994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1540     Document Type: Article

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