Retinal ganglion cell topography in Juvenile Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina)

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 102-109

  Hanke, Frederike D ^a   Peichl, Leo ^b   Dehnhardt, Guido ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Area centralis; Ganglion cells; Harbor seal; Phoca vitulina; Retina; Topography; Visual resolution; Visual streak

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL VIOLET; WATER;

AIR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARNIVORE; CELL DENSITY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SEAL; STAINING; TEMPORAL LOBE; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; TOPOGRAPHY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; PHOCA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; STAINING AND LABELING; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 68749086298     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000235612     Document Type: Article

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