Development of the human retina in the absence of ganglion cells

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 920-931

  Hendrickson, Anita ^a,b   Djajadi, Hidayat ^a   Erickson, Andra ^a   Possin, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

anencephaly; fovea; foveal avascular zone; inner nuclear layer; inner plexiform layer; opsin; photoreceptor

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; PARVALBUMIN;

ANENCEPHALUS; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD VESSEL; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; NERVE CELL; NEUROFILAMENT; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA ROD; SYNAPSE;

ANENCEPHALY; EYE PROTEINS; FOVEA CENTRALIS; GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 33747878930     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2006.04.017     Document Type: Article

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