Morphology and mosaics of melanopsin-expressing retinal ganglion cell types in mice

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2405-2422

  Berson, David M ^a   Castrucci, Ana Maria ^b,c   Provencio, Ignacio ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coverage; Dendrites; Intrinsically photosensitive; IpRGC; Types

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN; SCOTOPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE PLEXUS; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; RETINA;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; DERMOSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; ROD OPSINS;

EID: 77952204208     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22381     Document Type: Article

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