To what extent are the retinal capillaries ensheathed by Muller cells? A stereological study in the tree shrew Tupaia belangeri

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 453-461

  Ochs, Matthias ^a   Mayhew, Terry M ^b   Knabe, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amacrine cells; Horizontal cells; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CAPILLARY; FEMALE; INSECTIVORE; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CAPILLARIES; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROGLIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RETINAL VESSELS; TUPAIIDAE;

ANIMALIA; TUPAIA; TUPAIA BELANGERI; TUPAIA GLIS;

EID: 0034109758     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878299006366     Document Type: Article

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