Retinotopy of the human retinal nerve fibre layer and optic nerve head

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 375, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 238-251

  Fitzgibbon, T ^a   Taylor, S F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

carbocyanine dyes; glaucoma; photoconversion; topography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC NERVE; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0029970813     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19961111)375:2<238::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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