Visual abnormalities in albino wallabies: A brief note

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 403, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-38

  Guillery, R W ^a,b,c   Jeffery, Glen ^a,b,c   Saunders, N ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chiasm; Lateral geniculate; Marsupials; Retina

Indexed keywords

ALBINISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MARSUPIAL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC CHIASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ALBINISM; ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; MACROPODIDAE; OPTIC CHIASM; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0033521489     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990105)403:1<33::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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