Ganglion cell distribution and retinal resolution in the Florida manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris

Anatomical Record

Volumn 295, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 177-186

  Mass, Alla M ^a,d   Ketten, Darlene R ^b   Odell, Daniel K ^c   Supin, Alexander Ya ^a  

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

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c SeaWorld Inc   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell size; Cell topography; Eye; Ganglion cells; Manatee; Retina; Retinal resolution; Trichechus manatus; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS LATIROSTRIS; VISION;

ANIMALIA; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS LATIROSTRIS;

EID: 83655167254     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21470     Document Type: Article

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