Electrical synaptic transmission in developing zebrafish : properties and 4 molecular composition of gap junctions at a central auditory synapse
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24 25 26 Acknowledgements: We are deeply indebted to Florence Marlow for her help and guidance. We 27 also thank Yoichi Oda, Adam Miller and John O’Brien for comments on the manuscript and 28 Monica Zell for the goldfish images in Figure 1. This research was supported by National 29 Institutes of Health grants DC03186, DC011099, R21NS055726 and NS0552827 (to A.E.P.), 30 and S10RR05831, S10RR08329, NS044395 and NS044010 (to J.E.R.). 31 32 Articles in PresS. J Neurophysiol (July 30, 2014). doi:10.1152/jn.00397.2014
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