Retinal neurons of the California ground squirrel, Spermophilus beecheyi: A Golgi study

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 365, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 173-216

  Linberg, Kenneth A ^a   Suemune, Setsuko ^a,b   Fisher, Steven K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

amacrine cell; bipolar cell; ganglion cell; horizontal cell; light microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GOLGI COMPLEX; MICROSCOPY; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINA ROD; SQUIRREL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; COLORING AGENTS; DENDRITES; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE ENDINGS; NEURONS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0030044585     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960205)365:2<173::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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