Morphological and electrophysiological characterization of the adult Siberian hamster optic nerve

Anatomical Science International

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 214-223

  James, Emma L ^a   Peacock, Veronique A H ^a   Ebling, Francis J P ^a   Brown, Angus M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon; Compound action potential; Conduction velocity; White matter

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PHODOPUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CRICETINAE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OPTIC NERVE; PHODOPUS;

EID: 78649966332     PISSN: 14476959     EISSN: 1447073X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12565-010-0082-6     Document Type: Article

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