Starburst cholinergic amacrine cells in the tree shrew retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 389, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 161-176

  Sandmann, Daniele ^a   Engelmann, Ralf ^b   Peichl, Leo ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Directional selectivity; Immunochemistry; Mammalian retina; Retinal development

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA ROD;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CONES (RETINA); FLUORESCENT DYES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOQUINOLINES; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; RETINA; RODS (RETINA); SYNAPTIC VESICLES; TUPAIA;

EID: 0030720876     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971208)389:1<161::AID-CNE12>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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