No loss of melanopsin-expressing ganglion cells detected during postnatal development of the mouse retina

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-82

  González Menéndez, Irene ^a   Contreras, Felipe ^a   Cernuda Cernuda, Rafael ^a   García Fernández, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Melanopsin; Mice; Non image forming vision; Postnatal development; Retina

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN; SCOTOPSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C3H MOUSE; CELL COUNT; EYE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEWBORN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COUNT; EYE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; ROD OPSINS; TISSUE FIXATION;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 74749083492     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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