Variations in cell density in the ganglion cell layer of the retina as a function of ocular pigmentation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1597-1602

  Donatien, Philippe ^a   Aigner, Bernhard ^b   Jeffery, Glen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Albino; Melanin; Rabbit; Retinal development

Indexed keywords

MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ALBINISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYPOPIGMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA NERVE CELL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RABBITS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL PIGMENTS;

EID: 0036460461     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02022.x     Document Type: Article

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