Microtubule contribution to the reflectance of the retinal nerve fiber layer

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 189-193

  Knighton, Robert W ^a   Huang, Xiangrun ^b   Zhou, Qienyuan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROTUBULE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; RETINA NERVE CELL; TOAD;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BUFO MARINUS; COLCHICINE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGHT; MICROTUBULES; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC NERVE; RETINA; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TUBULIN;

EID: 0031985576     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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