Size and distribution of retinal ganglion cells in the St. Kitts green monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops sabeus)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 383, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 459-472

  Herbin, Marc ^a,b   Boire, Denis ^a   Ptito, Maurice ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amacrine cells; Fovea; Optic nerve; Primates; Retina

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; FOVEA CENTRALIS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0030749935     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970714)383:4<459::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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