Dendritic morphology of cat retinal ganglion cells projecting to suprachiasmatic nucleus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 414, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 267-274

  Pu, Mingliang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Confocal microscope; Retinal neurocircuitry; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CATS; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0032869276     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19991115)414:2<267::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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