Retinal ganglion cell layer of the Caspian seal Pusa caspica: Topography and localization of the high-resolution area

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 144-153

  Mass, Alla M ^a   Supin, A Y ^a  

^a SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cells; Area centralis; Ganglion cell distribution; Retina; Seal; Visual resolution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; OPTIC NERVE; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; FOVEA CENTRALIS; OPTIC NERVE; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SEALS, EARLESS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MAMMALIA; PHOCA CASPICA; PUSA CASPICA;

EID: 78649249632     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320951     Document Type: Article

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