Cellular reorganization in the human retina during normal aging

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2824-2830

  Eliasieh, Kasra ^a   Liets, Lauren C ^a   Chalupa, Leo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GO ALPHA PROTEIN; PARVALBUMIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN KINASE C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; OPTIC DISK; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SYNAPSE; ADOLESCENT; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; DENDRITES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; RETINAL HORIZONTAL CELLS;

EID: 34347214102     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-1228     Document Type: Article

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