Variance in transneuronal retrograde ganglion cell degeneration in monkeys after removal of striate cortex: Effects of size of the cortical lesion

Vision Research

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 3642-3652

  Cowey, Alan ^a   Stoerig, Petra ^b   Williams, Cheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

dLGN; Ganglion cells; Retina; Striate cortex; Transneuronal degeneration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GANGLION; MONKEY; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; STRIATE CORTEX; SURVIVAL TIME; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MACACA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETROGRADE DEGENERATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0032769473     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00097-8     Document Type: Article

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