Cellular organization of the vertebrate retina

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 131, Issue , 2001, Pages 3-26

  Kolb, Helga ^a   Nelson, Ralph ^b   Ahnelt, Peter ^c   Cuenca, Nicolas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0035783771     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(01)31005-1     Document Type: Review

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