The Diversity of Ganglion Cells in a Mammalian Retina

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 3831-3843

  Rockhill, Rebecca L ^a   Daly, Frank J ^a   MacNeil, Margaret A ^a   Brown, Solange P ^a   Masland, Richard H ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Gene gun; Green fluorescent protein; Neuron; Photochemistry; Photofill

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LUCIFER YELLOW; FLUORESCENT DYE; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; MICROSPHERE; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; BIODIVERSITY; CELL COUNT; CELL LABELING; CELL POPULATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITE; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROINJECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPORTER GENE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; BIOLISTICS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; ISOQUINOLINES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROSPHERES; RABBITS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISION; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0036584573     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-09-03831.2002     Document Type: Review

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