Comparison of photoreceptor spatial density and ganglion cell morphology in the retina of human, macaque monkey, cat, and the marmoset Callithrix jacchus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 366, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-75

  Goodchild, Ann K ^a   Ghosh, Krishna K ^a   Martin, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

magnocellular; parvocellular; primate; vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MARMOSET; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VISION;

ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; CATS; GANGLIA; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MACACA; PHOTORECEPTORS; RETINA;

EID: 0030064942     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960226)366:1<55::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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