Developmental changes in the fibre population of the optic nerve follow an avian/mammalian-like pattern in the turtle Mauremys leprosa

Brain Research

Volumn 1113, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 74-85

  Hidalgo Sánchez, Matías ^a   Francisco Morcillo, Javier ^a   Navascués, Julio ^b   Martín Partido, Gervasio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell death; Development; Fibre diameter; Fibre number; Retinal ganglion cell; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CELL POPULATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HATCHING; MAUREMYS LEPROSA; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; MAUREMYS LEPROSA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33748677698     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.07.040     Document Type: Article

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