Photoreceptor inner segments in monkey and human retina: Mitochondrial density, optics, and regional variation

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 395-407

  Hoang, Q V ^a,b   Linsenmeier, R A ^a,b   Chung, C K ^a   Curcio, C A ^c  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Mitochondria; Photoreceptor; Photoreceptor optics; Retina; Retinal metabolism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MACACA; MITOCHONDRION; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA ROD; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; STEREOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CONES (RETINA); FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MACACA; MITOCHONDRIA; OPTICS; PHOTORECEPTORS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETINA; ROD OUTER SEGMENTS;

EID: 0036664006     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523802194028     Document Type: Article

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