Observations on the synaptic ribbon morphology in retinas of two human subjects at autopsy

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 191, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 556-562

  Nag, Tapas C ^a   Wadhwa, Shashi ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Brain hemorrhage; Photoreceptors; Retina; Synaptic ribbons; Synaptic spheres

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CELL COUNT; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; EYEBALL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NERVE ENDING; PHOTORECEPTOR; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE RIBBON; SYNAPTIC SPHERE;

ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; AXONS; EYE ENUCLEATION; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; RETINA; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RODENTIA; SYNAPSES;

RODENTIA;

EID: 70350324633     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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