Functional anatomy of the photoreceptor and second-order cell mosaics in the retina of Xenopus laevis

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 297, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-46

  Wilhelm, Márta ^a   Gábriel, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bipolar cells; Cones; Horizontal cells; Inner nuclear layer; Rods; Xenopus laevis (Anura)

Indexed keywords

LECTIN; PEANUT AGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; COLORIMETRY; DENDRITIC CELL; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUMINANCE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CONES (RETINA); EYE PROTEINS; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LECTINS; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RETINA; RODS (RETINA); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032967453     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051331     Document Type: Article

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