Magnocellular and parvocellular visual pathways are both affected in a macaque monkey model of glaucoma

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 239-243

  Vickers, J C ^b   Hof, P R ^a   Schumer, R A ^a   Wang, R F ^a   Podos, S M ^a   Morrison, J H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytochrome oxidase; Glaucoma; Lateral geniculate nucleus; Magnocellular; Neurofilaments; Parvocellular; Retina; Synaptophysin; Visua l cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GLAUCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MACACA; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0030884617     PISSN: 08149763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1997.tb01400.x     Document Type: Article

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