Retinal ganglion cells in the south american opossum (Didelphis aurita)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 418, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 193-216

  Moraes, Antonio Marcos M ^a   Oliveira, Mair M M ^a   Hokoç, Jan Nora ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fractal dimension; Golgi impregnation; Nearest neighbor analysis; Neurofibrillar; Neurofilament

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; DENDRITE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; CATS; DENDRITES; FRACTALS; GOLGI APPARATUS; OPOSSUMS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0034611026     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(20000306)418:2<193::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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