Apoptosis during development of the human retina: Relationship to foveal development and retinal synaptogenesis

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 413, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 198-208

  Georges, Pierre ^b   Madigan, Michele C ^b   Provis, Jan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bipolar cells; Ganglion cells; Primate; Vision

Indexed keywords

SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA FOVEA; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EYE PROTEINS; FOVEA CENTRALIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 0033581676     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19991018)413:2<198::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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