Type 2 wide-field amacrine cells in TH:: GFP mice show a homogenous synapse distribution and contact small ganglion cells

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 734-747

  Brüggen, Bianca ^a   Meyer, Arndt ^a   Boven, Franziska ^a   Weiler, Reto ^a   Dedek, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connexin36; Excitatory synapse; Gap junction; Inhibitory synapse; Object motion detection; Retinal circuitry

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 36; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; SMALL GANGLION CELL; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SYNAPSE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPSES; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 84925127162     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12813     Document Type: Article

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