Ultracytochemical demonstration of glycogen in cone, but not in rod, photoreceptor cells in the rat retina

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 307-314

  Okubo, Akiko ^a   Sameshima, Munefumi ^a   Unoki, Kazuhiko ^a   Uehara, Fumiyuki ^a   Ohba, Norio ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cone photoreceptor; Electron microscopy; Glycogen; PA TCH SP staining; Rat; Retina; Synapse

Indexed keywords

EPOXY RESIN; GLUTARALDEHYDE; GLYCOGEN; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE; SILVER PROTEIN; URANYL ACETATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; RAT; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; RIBOSOME; SILVER STAINING; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031870699     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(98)80031-9     Document Type: Article

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