The human fetal retinal nerve fiber layer and optic nerve head: A DiI and DiA tracing study

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 433-447

  Fitzgibbon, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbocyanine dyes; Photoconversion; Retinotopy; Temporal raphe; Topography

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031148060     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800012116     Document Type: Article

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