Microvasculature of the rat optic nerve head

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1702-1709

  Morrison, John C ^b   Johnson, Elaine C ^c   Cepurna, William O ^c   Funk, Richard H W ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CHOROID; CILIARY ARTERY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MICROVASCULATURE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE SHEATH; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA ARTERY;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARIES; CILIARY ARTERIES; CORROSION CASTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; OPTIC DISK; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL VEIN;

EID: 0032990605     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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