Retinal ganglion cell distribution and spatial resolving power in elasmobranchs

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-77

  Lisney, Thomas J ^a,b   Collin, Shaun P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Area centralis; Batoid; Focal length; Horizontal streak; Retinal ganglion cell; Retinal topography; Retrograde labeling; Shark; Spatial resolving power

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CELL DENSITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELASMOBRANCHII; NISSL SUBSTANCE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PELAGIC SPECIES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINAL TOPOGRAPHY; SHARK; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SPATIAL RESOLVING POWER; SPECIES HABITAT; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ECOSYSTEM; OPTIC DISK; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SHARKS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALOPIAS SUPERCILIOSUS; BATOIDEA; CHILOSCYLLIUM PUNCTATUM; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; TAENIURA LYMMA;

EID: 48449102294     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000146082     Document Type: Article

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