N-acetylaspartylglutamate immunoreactivity in human retina

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 941-947

  Tieman, Suzannah Bliss ^a   Tieman, David G ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Amacrine cell; Displaced amacrine cell; Displaced ganglion cell; Ganglion cell; Immunohistochemistry; Peptide

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLASPARTYLGLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DENDRITE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

EID: 0029971805     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(95)00185-9     Document Type: Article

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