Structural specializations of human retinal glial cells

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 2029-2036

  Ramírez, José M ^a   Triviño, Alberto ^a   Ramírez, Ana I ^a   Salazar, Juan J ^a   García Sanchez, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astroglia; Electron microscopy; Human; Immunohistochemistry; Retina

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ADHESION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROGLIA; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MUELLER CELL; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA;

EID: 0030200714     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(95)00322-3     Document Type: Article

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