Sympathetic innervation of the rat choroid: An autoradiographic tracing and immunohistochemical study

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-43

  Klooster, J ^a   Beckers, H J M ^b   Tusscher, Ten ^b   Vrensen, G F J M ^a   Van der Want, J J L ^a   Lamers, W P M A ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3H leucine tracing; Choroid; Fine structure; Superior cervical ganglion; Sympathetic innervation; Tyrosine hydroxylase immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CHOROID; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0029940110     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000267871     Document Type: Article

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