An intrinsic time limit between genesis and death of individual neurons in the developing retinal ganglion cell layer

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2318-2324

  Galli Resta, Lucia ^a   Ensini, Monica ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Neurofisiologia CNR ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

cell death; cell genesis; development; displaced amacrine cells; rat; retina; retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL COUNT; CELL LABELING; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

EID: 0029930735     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-07-02318.1996     Document Type: Article

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