The topographical relationship between two neuronal mosaics in the short wavelength-sensitive system of the primate retina

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 159-167

  Kouyama, Nobuo ^a   Marshak, David W ^b  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar cells; Cones; Cross correlational density recovery profile; Cytoarchitecture; Synapse

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030869027     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800008841     Document Type: Article

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