A computerized analysis of the entire retinal ganglion cell population and its spatial distribution in adult rats

Vision Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-126

  Salinas Navarro, M ^a   Mayor Torroglosa, S ^a   Jimenez Lopez M ^a   Aviles Trigueros M ^a   Holmes, T M ^b   Lund, R D ^c   Villegas Perez M P ^a   Vidal Sanz, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized image analysis; Fluorescent tracers; Rat; Retina; Retinal ganglion cells; Retrograde labelling; Visual streak

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OPTIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPERIOR COLLICULI;

EID: 57049156502     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2008.09.029     Document Type: Article

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