Early retinal development in the Zebrafish, Danio rerio: Light and electron microscopic analyses

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 404, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 515-536

  Schmitt, Ellen A ^a   Dowling, John E ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Optic stalk; Photoreceptor development; Retinal lamination; Synaptogenesis; Teleost retina

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHRONOLOGY; EMBRYO; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONES (RETINA); EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RODS (RETINA); TISSUE FIXATION; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0033593883     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990222)404:4<515::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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