Bipolar cells in the "grouped retina" of the elephantnose fish (Gnathonemus petersii)

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 355-362

  Wagner, Hans Joachim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cone dominant pathway; Inner plexiform layer; Outer plexiform layer; Rod dominant pathway

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FISH; GNATHONEMUS PETERSII; MICROSCOPY; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD;

ANIMALS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FISHES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PROTEIN KINASE C; RETINA; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS;

EID: 34548478761     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523807070356     Document Type: Article

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