In vivo knockdown of Piccolino disrupts presynaptic ribbon morphology in mouse photoreceptor synapses

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Regus Leidig, Hanna ^a   Fuchs, Michaela ^a   Löhner, Martina ^a   Leist, Sarah R ^a,b   Leal Ortiz, Sergio ^c   Chiodo, Vince A ^d   Hauswirth, William W ^d   Garner, Craig C ^c,e   Brandstätter, Johann H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active zone; Aczonin; Piccolino; Piccolo; Retina; Ribbon synapse; RIBEYE

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906918692     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00259     Document Type: Article

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