Neuronal and glial cell types revealed by NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry in the retina of a teleost fish, the grass goby (Zosterisessor ophiocephalus, Perciformes, Gobiidae)

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 200, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 487-494

  Ota, Damijana ^a,c   Downing, James E G ^b   Cook, Jeremy E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Horizontal cell; Mosaic; Muller cell; Nitric oxide synthase; Retinal ganglion cell

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLIA CELL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CAPILLARY; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; STAINING; TELEOST;

ANIMALS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEUROGLIA; PERCIFORMES; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

ANIMALIA; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; CHANNA; GOBIIDAE; PERCIFORMES; TELEOSTEI; ZOSTERISESSOR OPHIOCEPHALUS;

EID: 0032859181     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050297     Document Type: Article

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