Morphology, dendritic field size, somal size, density, and coverage of M and P retinal ganglion cells of dichromatic Cebus monkeys

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1011-1029

  Yamada, Elizabeth S ^a,c   Silveira, Luiz Carlos L ^a   Perry, V Hugh ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocytin; Capuchin monkey; M and P retinal ganglion cells; Parallel processing; Vision

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LYSINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; CELL COUNT; COLOR VISION; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISION;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; CELL COUNT; COLOR PERCEPTION; DENDRITES; LYSINE; MALE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISION;

EID: 0030278887     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800007677     Document Type: Article

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