Wall cytoarchitecture of the rat ciliary process microvasculature revealed with scanning electron microscopy

Anatomical Record

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 261-268

  Fujiwara, Takashi ^a   Tenkova, Tatyana I ^a,b   Kondo, Mari ^a,c  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ciliary process; Iris; Microvessel; Pericyte, smooth muscle cell; Rat; Scanning electron microscopy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CILIARY BODY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; IRIS; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; ARTERIOLES; CAPILLARIES; CILIARY ARTERIES; IRIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PERICYTES; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; VENULES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033080824     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(19990201)254:2<261::AID-AR12>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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