Class I and Class II ganglion cells of rabbit retina: Quantitative analysis of dendritic branching patterns

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 478, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 347-358

  Famiglietti, Edward V ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

"radiate"; "tufted"; Alpha cells; Branch length distributions; Class III ganglion cells; Dendritic trees; Inner plexiform layer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DENDRITE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; RABBITS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 4644245159     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20269     Document Type: Article

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