Morphological properties of chick retinal ganglion cells in relation to their central projections

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 514, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-130

  Chen, Yaoxing ^a   Naito, Jumpei ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Avian retina; Dendritic stratification; Visual pathway

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTRAL PROJECTION; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; THALAMUS; VISUAL SYSTEM; ANIMAL; CHICKEN; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CARBOCYANINE; CARBOCYANINE DYE DIIC12(3);

ANIMALS; CARBOCYANINES; CHICKENS; FEMALE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; THALAMUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 63449135855     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21995     Document Type: Article

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