The glial ensheathment of the soma and axon hillock of retinal ganglion cells

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 273-279

  Jonathan Stone, J S ^a   Felix Makarov, F M ^b,c   Horstmar Hollander H H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^c PAVLOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Initial segments; M ller cells; Nodes Optic nerve

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CAT; GLIA; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC NERVE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMAL; ASTROCYTES; AXONS; CATS; NEUROGLIA; OPTIC NERVE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0029257315     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800007951     Document Type: Article

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