Numbers of neurons in the retinal ganglion cell layer of the rat do not change throughout life

Gerontology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 350-355

  Harman, Alison M ^a   MacDonald, Alice ^a   Meyer, Peter ^a   Ahmat, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Cell counting; Cell death; Ganglion cells; Rat; Retina

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SENESCENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; NEURONS; RATS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0345689389     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073762     Document Type: Article

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