M and P retinal ganglion cells of the owl monkey: Morphology, size and photoreceptor convergence

Vision Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 119-131

  Yamada, Elizabeth S ^a   Silveira, Luiz Carlos L ^a   Perry, V Hugh ^b   Franco, Edna Cristina S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aotus; Cebus; M and P retinal ganglion cells; Parallel processing; Primate

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AOTUS; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PERIKARYON; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; AOTUS TRIVIRGATUS; CEBUS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SENSORY; MALE; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RETINA; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0035057754     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(00)00244-3     Document Type: Article

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