Wiring patterns in the mouse retina: Collecting evidence across the connectome, physiology and light microscopy

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 592, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 4809-4823

  Dunn, Felice A ^a   Wong, Rachel O L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CONTACT; CONNECTOME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CONNECTOME; MICE; OPTICAL IMAGING; RETINA; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84925372983     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.277228     Document Type: Review

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