Topography of photoreceptors and retinal ganglion cells in the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 182-192

  Calderone, Jack B ^a   Reese, Benjamin E ^a   Jacobs, Gerald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cones; Crocuta crocuta; Ganglion cells; Hyena; Mammals; Photoreceptors; Retinal topography; Spatial acuity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PHOTORECEPTOR; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; STAINING; TOPOGRAPHY; VISION;

CROCUTA CROCUTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0142156571     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073270     Document Type: Article

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