Arteriovenous anastomoses of the episcleral vasculature in the rabbit and rat eye

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 50-57

  Selbach, J Michael ^a   Schönfelder, Uta ^a   Funk, Richard H W ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous anastomoses; Episcleral vasculature; Limbus corneae; Neuropeptides; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; RESIN; SUBSTANCE P; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS HUMOR; AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CORNEA LIMBUS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCLERA; TOPOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0031915523     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-199802000-00010     Document Type: Article

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