The shapes and numbers of amacrine cells: Matching of photofilled with Golgi-stained cells in the rabbit retina and comparison with other mammalian species

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 413, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 305-326

  Macneil, Margaret A ^a   Heussy, John K ^b   Dacheux, Ramon F ^b,c   Raviola, Elio ^b   Masland, Richard H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Dendrites; Fluorescence; Morphology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SHAPE; FLUORESCENCE; GOLGI COMPLEX; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DENDRITES; DIFFUSION; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERNEURONS; MAMMALS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RABBITS; RETINA; RHODAMINE 123; RHODAMINES; SILVER STAINING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033581671     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19991018)413:2<305::AID-CNE10>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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