Organization of retinal ganglion cell axons in the optic fiber layer and nerve of fetal ferrets

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 847-861

  Fitzgibbon, T ^a   Reese, B E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronotopy; Optic chiasm; Optic nerve head; Retinotopy

Indexed keywords

3,3' DIHEXADECYLINDOCARBOCYANINE; 3,3'-DIHEXADECYLINDOCARBOCYANINE; 4 (4 DIHEXADECYLAMINOSTYRYL) N METHYLPYRIDIUM; 4-(4-DIHEXADECYLAMINOSTYRYL)-N-METHYLPYRIDIUM; CARBOCYANINE; FLUORESCENT DYE; PYRIDINIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERRET; FETUS; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; CARBOCYANINES; FEMALE; FERRETS; FETUS; FLUORESCENT DYES; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; PREGNANCY; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0030227289     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095252380000910X     Document Type: Article

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