Irregular s-cone mosaics in felid retinas. Spatial interaction with axonless horizontal cells, revealed by cross correlation

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 580-588

  Ahnelt, Peter Kurt ^a   Fernández, Eduardo ^b   Martinez, Oscar ^b   Bolea, Jose Angel ^b   Kübber Heiss, Anna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARNIVORA; CHEETAH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITE; HISTOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; PAPIO; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA CONE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACINONYX; ANIMALS; AXONS; CARNIVORA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONES (RETINA); DENDRITES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PAPIO; RETINA;

ANTIBODIES; CELLS; ENZYMES; PHOTOSENSITIVITY;

FELID RETINAS;

COLOR VISION;

EID: 0038105540     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.000580     Document Type: Article

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