Retinal mosaics: New insights into an old concept

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-34

  Cook, Jeremy E ^a   Chalupa, Leo M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL TYPE; DENDRITE; EVOLUTION; MITOSIS; ONTOGENY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; REVIEW;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RETINA;

EID: 0033964063     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2236(99)01487-3     Document Type: Review

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