Structural specializations of the eye in the Vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus maximus)

Anatomical Record

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 34-43

  Lascano, Claudia ^a   Cantó Soler, María Valeria ^b   Ornstein, Ana ^a   Suburo, Angela M ^b  

^a Instituto Neurobiologia Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chinchillidae; Choroid; Eye; Foraging behavior; Retina; Sclera; Tapetum; Vizcacha

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHINCHILLA; CHOROID; EYE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SCLERA;

ANIMALS; CHOROID; EYE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHOTORECEPTORS; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENTS; RODENTIA; RODS (RETINA); SCLERA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VISION;

ANIMALIA; CHINCHILLIDAE; LAGOSTOMUS MAXIMUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032925473     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(19990501)255:1<34::AID-AR5>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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