Differential expression of somatostatin receptors in the rat eye: SSTR4 is intensely expressed in the iris/ciliary body

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 223, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 185-188

  Mori, Mikiro ^a   Aihara, Makoto ^a   Shimizu, Takao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

ciliary body; in situ hybridization; iris; retina; reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; somatostatin receptor

Indexed keywords

RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CILIARY BODY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IRIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CILIARY BODY; EYE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IRIS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, SOMATOSTATIN; RETINA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031056683     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)13438-3     Document Type: Article

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