Synaptic input to small bistratified (blue-ON) ganglion cells in the retina of a new world monkey, the marmoset Callithrix jacchus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 413, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 417-428

  Ghosh, Krishna K ^a   Grünert, Ulrike ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Blue cone pathway; Blue ON yellow OFF cells; Colour vision; Primate retina; Short wavelength sensitive cones

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; MARMOSET; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CALLITHRIX; DENDRITES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; ISOQUINOLINES; NEURONS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0345425722     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19991025)413:3<417::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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