Channeling Vision: Ca<sub>V</sub>1.4—A Critical Link in Retinal Signal Transmission

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(b) Schematic of <span class="nowrap"><svg height="11.9936pt" id="M17" style="vertical-align:-3.2272pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.7664 37.1721 11.9936" width="37.1721pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M614 175C564 76 510 21 408 21C256 21 146 149 146 336C146 488 235 629 402 629C510 629 570 586 597 480L626 488C620 541 614 582 606 638C578 643 510 665 429 665C206 665 44 527 44 316C44 157 153 -15 402 -15C474 -15 558 5 586 11C604 45 629 119 643 165L614 175Z" id="g121-65"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,8.762,0)"><path d="M433 39L423 65C413 59 399 54 387 54C370 54 352 69 352 114V299C352 352 342 392 307 422C285 440 255 449 225 449C168 437 102 399 75 379C56 365 44 353 44 339C44 315 69 296 87 296C101 296 111 303 116 319C124 349 133 371 145 385C156 397 171 404 190 404C241 404 275 364 275 291V274C253 256 180 229 120 209C65 190 39 159 39 110C39 47 88 -12 159 -12C189 -12 237 25 277 52C282 35 288 21 301 8C312 -3 333 -12 348 -12L433 39ZM275 84C256 65 221 48 195 48C164 48 124 73 124 124C124 161 146 180 185 198C206 208 254 229 275 240V84Z" id="g121-95"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,14.523,3.132)"><path d="M698 650H468V617C551 609 555 599 536 543C506 457 432 264 379 129H377C311 297 238 488 212 560C196 604 198 609 271 617V650H21V617C80 612 98 603 127 532C183 396 268 173 335 -9H370C445 196 551 450 578 511C615 602 630 609 698 617V650Z" id="g58-84"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,21.57,0)"><path d="M384 0V27C293 34 287 42 287 114V635C232 613 172 594 109 583V559L157 557C201 555 205 550 205 499V114C205 42 199 34 109 27V0H384Z" id="g113-50"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,27.81,0)"><path d="M113 -12C146 -12 170 11 170 46C170 78 146 103 114 103S58 78 58 46C58 11 82 -12 113 -12Z" id="g113-47"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,30.774,0)"><path d="M456 178V225H360V632H320C217 496 115 347 20 206V178H280V106C280 40 276 34 189 27V0H445V27C364 34 360 39 360 106V178H456ZM280 225H82C149 335 214 431 278 520H280V225Z" id="g113-53"></path></g></svg>,</span> including accessory subunits <i>β</i><sub>2</sub> and <i>α</i><sub>2</sub><i>δ</i><sub>4</sub>.</div>

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Figure 1: Channeling Vision: Ca<sub>V</sub>1.4—A Critical Link in Retinal Signal Transmission 

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Channeling Vision: CaV1.4—A Critical Link in Retinal Signal Transmission

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Channeling Vision: Ca_V1.4—A Critical Link in Retinal Signal Transmission