Ultrastructural changes of photoreceptor synaptic ribbons in relation to time of day and illumination

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2165-2172

  Adly, Mohamed A ^a,b   Spiwoks Becker, Isabella ^b   Vollrath, Lutz ^b  

^a SOHAG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SYNAPSE; TIME; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0032862487     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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