Presence and morphological variability of Golgi tendon organs in the distal portion of sheep extraocular muscle

Anatomical Record

Volumn 258, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 359-368

  Blumer, Roland ^a   Lukas, Julius Robert ^b   Wasicky, Richard ^a   Mayr, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Extraocular muscle; Golgi tendon organ; Proprioception; Sheep; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; MYOSIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOCHONDRION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PERINEURIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SHEEP; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TENDON RECEPTOR; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYOSINS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PROPRIOCEPTION; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; RECTUS;

EID: 0034176266     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(20000401)258:4<359::AID-AR4>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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