Soma and axon diameter distributions and central projections of ferret retinal ganglion cells

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 773-786

  FitzGibbon, T ^a   Wingate, R J ^b,c   Thompson, I D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; HRP; LGN; SC; Soma axon correlation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030198924     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800008646     Document Type: Article

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