Ganglion cell density and oil droplet distribution in the retina of brown-eared bulbul (Hysipetes amaurotis)

Anatomical Science International

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 239-246

  Rahman, Mohammad Lutfur ^a,b   Aoyama, Masato ^a   Sugita, Shoei ^a  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bulbul; Distribution; Ganglion cells; Oil drplets; Retina

Indexed keywords

FAT DROPLET; OIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BULBUL; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; ISOLATED RETINA; MALE; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SONGBIRD; VISION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; RETINA;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; MALE; OILS; PASSERIFORMES; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 60749129234     PISSN: 14476959     EISSN: 1447073X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-073x.2008.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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