Capillary-contacting horizontal cells in the retina of the tree shrew Tupaia belangeri belong to the mammalian type A

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 299, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 307-311

  Knabe, W ^a   Kuhn, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capillaries; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Horizontal cells; Retina; Tupaia belangeri (Scandentia)

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DENDRITE; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MUELLER CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CAPILLARY; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; VITREOUS BODY;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARIES; EYE; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RETINA; TUPAIIDAE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; SCANDENTIA; TUPAIA BELANGERI; TUPAIA GLIS;

EID: 0034066725     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050029     Document Type: Article

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