The midget pathways of the primate retina

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-81

  Kolb, Helga ^a   Marshak, David ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; COLOR VISION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GOLGI STAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TRACT; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SYNAPSE; VISUAL ACUITY;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; CONES (RETINA); HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MACACA; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPSES; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0037230953     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022469002511     Document Type: Conference Paper

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