Survey on amacrine cells coupling to retrograde-identified ganglion cells in the mouse retina

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 5151-5162

  Pang, Ji Jie ^a   Paul, David L ^b   Wu, Samuel M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HT; ChAT; Connexin; GABA; NOS; Retrograde labeling

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER;

5-HT; CHAT; CONNEXIN; GABA; NOS; RETROGRADE LABELING;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84880978167     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-11774     Document Type: Article

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