Electrical synaptic transmission in developing zebrafish: Properties and molecular composition of gap junctions at a central auditory synapse

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2102-2113

  Yao, Cong ^a   Vanderpool, Kimberly G ^b   Delfiner, Matthew ^a   Eddy, Vanessa ^a   Lucaci, Lexander G ^a   Soto Riveros, Carolina ^a   Yasumura, Thomas ^b   Rash, John E ^b   Pereda, Alberto E ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory development; Connexin 35; Connexin 36; Escape response; Mauthner cell

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; EMBRYO; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; GAP JUNCTION; MAUTHNER CELL; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TELEOST; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CONNEXIN 36; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CONNEXINS; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES; GAP JUNCTIONS; LARVA; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84908406613     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00397.2014     Document Type: Article

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