Transient somatostatin-immunoreactive ganglion cells in the developing rat retina

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-125

  Fontanesi, Gigliola ^a   Casini, Giovanni ^b   Thanos, Solon ^c   Bagnoli, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ganglion cell; Peptide; Retinal development; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0030671056     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(97)81788-9     Document Type: Article

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