Regional specialization of the ganglion cell density in the retina of the Ostrich (Struthio camelus)

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 108-115

  Rahman, Mohammad L ^a   Kuroda, Kengo ^a   Aoyama, Masato ^a   Sugita, Shoei ^a  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ganglion cell; Ostrich; Regional specialization; Retina; Soma size

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; OSTRICH; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRUTHIONIFORMES; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 76749131729     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: 17400929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2009.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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