Strain differences in illumination-dependent structural changes at mouse photoreceptor ribbon synapses

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 521, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-78

  Fuchs, Michaela ^a   Sendelbeck, Anna ^a   Atorf, Jenny ^b   Kremers, Jan ^b   Brandstätter, Johann Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Albino mouse; Dark adaptation; Light adaptation; Pigmented mouse; Retina

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; COISOGENIC STRAIN; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; ILLUMINATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTORECEPTOR RIBBON SYNAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYNAPSE;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EYE PROTEINS; LIGHTING; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINA; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84870032383     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23161     Document Type: Article

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