Distribution and structure of efferent synapses in the chicken retina

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-226

  Lindstrom, S H ^a   Nacsa, N ^b   Blankenship, T ^c   Fitzgerald, P G ^c   Weller, C ^a   Vaney, D I ^b   Wilson, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amacrine cell; Avian; Centrifugal visual system; Isthmo optic nucleus; Retinopetal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DENDRITE; MUELLER CELL; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SOMATIC CELL; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL COUNT; EFFERENT NERVE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DEXTRAN; FLUORESCENT DYE; FLUORO RUBY; FLUORO-RUBY; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; LUCIFER YELLOW; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; RHODAMINE;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CHICKENS; DENDRITES; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCENT DYES; ISOQUINOLINES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS, EFFERENT; NEUROPIL; RETINA; RHODAMINES; STAINING AND LABELING; SYNAPSES;

EID: 67649414624     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523809090063     Document Type: Article

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