Comparison of topographical patterns of ganglion and photoreceptor cell differentiation in the retina of the zebrafish, Danio rerio

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 371, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 222-234

  Schmitt, Ellen A ^a   Dowling, John E ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

choroid fissure; cones; development; retinal patterning; rod

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; EMBRYO; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTORECEPTORS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0029783913     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960722)371:2<222::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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