Distribution of melanopsin positive neurons in pigmented and albino mice: evidence for melanopsin interneurons in the mouse retina

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Valiente Soriano, Francisco J ^a   García Ayuso, Diego ^a   Ortín Martínez, Arturo ^a   Jiménez López, Manuel ^a   Galindo Romero, Caridad ^a   Villegas Pérez, Maria Paz ^a   Agudo Barriuso, Marta ^a   Vugler, Anthony A ^b   Vidal Sanz, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brn3a; Ciliary marginal zone; Displaced intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells; Interneuron; Melanopsin retinal ganglion cells; OHSt tracing; Retinal topography; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F1;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNODETECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PIGMENTATION; PIGMENTED MOUSE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINAL INNER NUCLEAR LAYER; SUPERIOR RECTUS MUSCLE; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84914696296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2014.00131     Document Type: Article

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