Number and topography of cones, rods and optic nerve axons in New and Old World primates

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 289-299

  Finlay, Barbara L ^a   Franco, Edna Cristina S ^b   Yamada, Elizabeth S ^b   Crowley, Justin C ^a,d   Parsons, Michael ^a   Muniz, José Augusto P C ^c   Silveira, Luiz Carlos L ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^c Centro Nacional de Primatas   (Brazil)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Cone; Fovea; New and Old World primate; Optic nerve; Retina; Retinal ganglion cell; Rod

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN SIZE; CELL COUNT; CELL TYPE; COLOR VISION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MONKEY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CONES (RETINA); FEMALE; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; ORGAN SIZE; PLATYRRHINI; RODS (RETINA); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 46749099430     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523808080371     Document Type: Conference Paper

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