The eta ganglion cell type of cat retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 408, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 204-219

  Berson, D M ^a   Isayama, T ^a   Pu, M ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lateral geniculate nucleus; Medial interlaminar nucleus; Sluggish; Superior colliculus; Visual streak; W cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DENDRITIC CELL; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOTIN; CATS; DENDRITES; FERRETS; FLUORESCENT DYES; ISOQUINOLINES; LYSINE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033620604     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990531)408:2<204::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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