Morphology of retinal ganglion cells in a new world monkey, the marmoset Callithrix jacchus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 366, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 76-92

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

magnocellular; parvocellular; primate; vision

Indexed keywords

CARBOCYANINE; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL STRUCTURE; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MALE; MARMOSET; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SEX LINKAGE;

ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; FEMALE; GANGLIA; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RETINA;

EID: 0030067275     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960226)366:1<76::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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