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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
Abstract excerpt
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 multiple synaptic sites in some of the rod terminals in the outer plexiform layer. In this study, a comparative...
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