Monoamine oxidase-A-positive retinal ganglion cells projecting to the superior colliculus and dorsolateral geniculate nucleus of the rat brain

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 591-598

  Nakajima, Junko ^a   Stuart, Martin ^a   Kani, Kazutaka ^a   Maeda, Toshihiro ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lateral geniculate nucleus; Monoamine oxidase; Rat; Retina; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; COLLOIDAL GOLD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENUCLEATION; HISTOLOGY; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MICROSCOPY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032077906     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1997.0454     Document Type: Article

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