Morphometric examination of human and monkey retinal ganglion cells within the papillomacular area

Retina

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 445-453

  Pavlidis, Mitrofanis ^a   Stupp, Tobias ^a   Hummeke, Markus ^a   Thanos, Solon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; PYROXYLIN; 3,3' DIOCTADECYLINDOCARBOCYANINE; 3,3'-DIOCTADECYLINDOCARBOCYANINE; CARBOCYANINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE PAPILLOMACULAR BUNDLE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; DENDRITE; DIFFUSION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MONKEY; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; PAPILLOMACULAR AREA; PERIKARYON; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; MACACA; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; ANIMALS; AXONS; CARBOCYANINES; CELL COUNT; DENDRITES; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACULA LUTEA; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 33745099372     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200604000-00011     Document Type: Article

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