Retinal ganglion cell population in adult albino and pigmented mice: A computerized analysis of the entire population and its spatial distribution

Vision Research

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 637-647

  Salinas Navarro, M ^a   Jimenez Lopez M ^a   Valiente Soriano, F J ^a   Alarcon Martinez L ^a   Aviles Trigueros M ^a   Mayor, S ^a   Holmes, T ^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 analysis; Fluorescent tracers; Image analysis; Retinal ganglion cells; Retrograde labeling; Visual streak

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ALBINISM, OCULAR; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OPTIC NERVE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SUPERIOR COLLICULI;

EID: 63249092675     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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