A three-dimensional analysis of the development of the horizontal cell mosaic in the rat retina: Implications for the mechanisms controlling pattern formation

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-98

  Novelli, Elena ^a   Leone, Paola ^b   Resta, Valentina ^a   Galli Resta, Lucia ^a,c  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D analysis; Delaunay triangulation; Horizontal cells; Minimal spacing; Retinal mosaics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RETINA CELL; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGING; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOSAICISM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RETINA; RETINAL HORIZONTAL CELLS; SCLERA;

EID: 34247895634     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523807070046     Document Type: Article

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