Scene from above: Retinal ganglion cell topography and spatial resolving power in the giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 521, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2042-2057

  Coimbra, João Paulo ^a   Hart, Nathan S ^a   Collin, Shaun P ^a   Manger, Paul R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Artiodactyl; Evolutionary history; Retinal topography; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CORNEA; GIRAFFE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; STEREOLOGY; VISUAL FIELD; VITREOUS BODY;

ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84876491149     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23271     Document Type: Article

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