Ultrastructural Study of the Cytoskeleton of Optic Nerve Axons in Guinea Pigs as Revealed by a Quick-Freezing, Deep-Etching Method

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-

  Ou, Bo ^a   Ohno, Shinichi ^b   Terada, Nobuo ^b   Fujii, Yasuhisa ^b   Chen, Hai Bo ^a   Yamabayashi, Shigeki ^a   Tsukahara, Shigeo ^a  

^a Department of Ophthalmology ^*  (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross linking structure; Deep etching method; Guinea pig; Optic nerve axon; Quick freezing; Saponin

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXOPLASM; CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GUINEA PIG; MICROTUBULE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CYTOSKELETON; FREEZE ETCHING; GUINEA PIGS; OPTIC NERVE; SAPONINS;

EID: 0029985661     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000267870     Document Type: Article

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