The peripapillary glia of the optic nerve head in the chicken retina

Anatomical Record

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 263-275

  Schuck, Jochen ^a,b   Gerhardt, Holger ^a   Wolburg, Hartwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Otogene AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Chicken; Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Optic nerve head; Peripapillary glia

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OPTIC DISK;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PECTEN; REPTILIA;

EID: 0034235436     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0185(20000701)259:3<263::AID-AR40>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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