Photoreceptor coupling mediated by connexin36 in the primate retina

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 4675-4687

  O'Brien, Jennifer J ^a   Chen, Xiaoming ^b   Macleish, Peter R ^b   O'Brien, John ^a   Massey, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 36;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTORECEPTOR COUPLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; RETINA ROD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RETINA; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84859061089     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4749-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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