Morphological analysis of the blue cone pathway in the retina of a New World monkey, the marmoset Callithrix jacchus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 379, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-225

  Ghosh, Krishna K ^a   Martin, Paul R ^a   Grünert, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

bipolar cells; colour vision; parasol ganglion cells; primate; small bistratified ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLOR; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; MALE; MARMOSET; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CALLITHRIX; CELL SIZE; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); DENDRITES; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0031048672     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970310)379:2<211::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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