A quantitative ultrastructural study of the optic nerve of the chameleon

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 49-60

  Bennis, Mohamed ^a   El Hassni, Meriem ^a   Rio, Jean Paul ^b   Lecren, Denis ^b   Repérant, Jacques ^b   Ward, Roger ^c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diameter; Myelinated fibers; Optic nerve; Quantitative study; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

CHAMAELEONIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 0035697419     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000047261     Document Type: Article

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