Glutamatergic Monopolar Interneurons Provide a Novel Pathway of Excitation in the Mouse Retina

Current Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 2070-2077

  Della Santina, Luca ^a,b   Kuo, Sidney P ^a,c   Yoshimatsu, Takeshi ^a   Okawa, Haruhisa ^a   Suzuki, Sachihiro C ^a   Hoon, Mrinalini ^a   Tsuboyama, Kotaro ^d   Rieke, Fred ^a,c   Wong, Rachel O L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GABAERGIC NEURONS; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 84978924102     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.06.016     Document Type: Article

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