Intrinsic choroidal neurons in the duck eye receive sympathetic input: Anatomical evidence for adrenergic modulation of nitrergic functions in the choroid

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 304, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 175-184

  Schrödl, Falk ^a   Tines, Roland ^a   Brehmer, Axel ^a   Neuhuber, Winfried L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cairina moschata (Aves); Confocal microscopy; Duck; Electron microscopy; Nitric oxide; Parasympathetic nerve; Sympathetic nerve

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOROID; DUCK; EYE; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION;

ACTINS; ADRENERGIC FIBERS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOROID; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; DUCKS; EYE; GALANIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SYMPATHETIC FIBERS, POSTGANGLIONIC; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0035036448     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410100362     Document Type: Article

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