Synaptic Transmission from Horizontal Cells to Cones Is Impaired by Loss of Connexin Hemichannels

Lauw J. Klaassen; Ziyi Sun; Marvin N. Steijaert; Petra Bolte; Iris Fahrenfort; Trijntje Sjoerdsma; Jan Klooster; Yvonne Claassen; Colleen R. Shields; Huub M. M. Ten Eikelder; Ulrike Janssen-Bienhold; Georg Zoidl; Douglas G. McMahon; Maarten Kamermans

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001107

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Synaptic Transmission from Horizontal Cells to Cones Is Impaired by Loss of Connexin Hemichannels

Lauw J. Klaassen,

Affiliation Research Unit Retinal Signal Processing, The Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Ziyi Sun,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Marvin N. Steijaert,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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Petra Bolte,

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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Iris Fahrenfort,

Affiliation Research Unit Retinal Signal Processing, The Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Trijntje Sjoerdsma,

Affiliation Research Unit Retinal Signal Processing, The Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Jan Klooster,

Affiliation Research Unit Retinal Signal Processing, The Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Yvonne Claassen,

Affiliation Research Unit Retinal Signal Processing, The Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Colleen R. Shields,

Affiliations Research Unit Retinal Signal Processing, The Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
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Huub M. M. Ten Eikelder,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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Ulrike Janssen-Bienhold,

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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Georg Zoidl,

Affiliations Department of Neuroanatomy and Molecular Brain Research, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany, Department of Cytology, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany
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Douglas G. McMahon,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Maarten Kamermans

* E-mail: m.kamermans@nin.knaw.nl

Affiliations Research Unit Retinal Signal Processing, The Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Neurogenetics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Synaptic Transmission from Horizontal Cells to Cones Is Impaired by Loss of Connexin Hemichannels

Lauw J. Klaassen,
Ziyi Sun,
Marvin N. Steijaert,
Petra Bolte,
Iris Fahrenfort,
Trijntje Sjoerdsma,
Jan Klooster,
Yvonne Claassen,
Colleen R. Shields,
Huub M. M. Ten Eikelder

Published: July 19, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001107

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