Number of neurons in the retinal ganglion cell layer of the quokka wallaby do not change throughout life

Anatomical Record

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 78-83

  Harman, Alison M ^a   Moore, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Cell counting; Cell death; Ganglion cell; Marsupial; Morphology; Retina

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

ANIMALIA; METATHERIA; SETONIX BRACHYURUS; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0032773061     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(19990901)256:1<78::AID-AR10>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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