Ultrastructural changes of the myoepithelium of the dilator pupillae during miosis and mydriasis in the rat iris

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-36

  Murata, Yoshihiro ^a   Kaidoh, Toshiyuki ^a   Inoué, Takao ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CILIARY DISK; IRIS; MIOSIS; MYDRIASIS; MYOEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PUPIL; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0031956557     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.61.29     Document Type: Article

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