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Synaptic growth in the rod terminals of mice after partial photoreceptor cell loss: a three-dimensional ultrastructural study.
Microscopy research and technique - 15 Jan 1997
Jansen H G, Hawkins R K, Sanyal S
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Following partial loss of photoreceptor cells in the retina of mice afflicted by mutant genes, damaging light exposure, or old age, some of the remaining rod cells exhibited a process of growth in their synapses with the second order retinal neurons. This growth was recognized by the presence of...
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