The number and distribution of bipolar to ganglion cell synapses in the inner plexiform layer of the anuran retina

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1099-1107

  Buzás, Péter ^a   Jeges, Sára ^b   Gábriel, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Amacrine cells; Bipolar cells; Bufo marinus; Ganglion cells; Retrograde labeling; Synaptology; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; INTERNEURON; MALE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SYNAPSE; TOAD; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISUAL SYSTEM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BUFO MARINUS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; INTERNEURONS; MALE; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPSES; VISUAL PATHWAYS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030279522     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800007744     Document Type: Article

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