Morphology of retinal ganglion cells in the Ferret (Mustela putorius furo)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 517, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 459-480

  Isayama, Tomoki ^a,b   O'Brien, Brenda J ^a,c   Ugalde, Irma ^a   Muller, Jay F ^a   Frenz, Aaron ^a   Aurora, Vikas ^a   Tsiaras, William ^a   Berson, David M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Area centralis; Carnivores; Dye filling; Stratification; Taxonomy; Topography; Visual streak

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BETA CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA CELL; DENDRITE; EPSILON CELL; ETA CELL; FERRET; IOTA CELL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THETA CELL; ZETA CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; FEMALE; FERRETS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 70350127240     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22145     Document Type: Article

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