PNS features of rodent optic nerve axons

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 366, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 370-378

  Jeffery, Glen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

eye movements; fascicle; glia; optic chiasm

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GLIA CELL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; FEMALE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; RATS;

EID: 0030058260     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960304)366:2<370::AID-CNE14>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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