Anatomical evidence for rod input to the parvocellular pathway in the visual system of the primate

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 617-621

  Grünert, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Macaque monkey; Midget bipolar cells; Midget ganglion cells; Retina; Scotopic vision

Indexed keywords

CALRETININ; RECOVERIN;

ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PARVOCELLULAR PATHWAY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA; RETINA; RODS (RETINA); VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0030971947     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01638.x     Document Type: Article

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