Large-scale morophological survey of rat retinal ganglion cells

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 483-493

  Sun, Wenzhi ^a   Li, Ning ^a   He, Shigang ^a  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Branching pattern; DiI; Gene gun; Morphology; Stratification level

Indexed keywords

DYE; TUNGSTEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; GENE GUN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; STRATIFICATION; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; BIOLISTICS; CARBOCYANINES; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; FLUORESCENT DYES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TUNGSTEN;

EID: 0036663895     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523802194107     Document Type: Article

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