Unique distribution of somatostatin-immunoreactive cells in the retina of the tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri)

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 220-228

  Engelmann, Ralf ^a,b   Peichl, Leo ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amacrine cells; Immunocytochemistry; Mammalian retina; Neuropeptides; Retinal topography

Indexed keywords

FAST BLUE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

AMIDINES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AXONAL TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMALS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SOMATOSTATIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUPAIA;

EID: 0030032335     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1996.tb01183.x     Document Type: Article

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