Microvasculature of the rat eye: Scanning electron microscopy of vascular corrosion casts

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-59

  Ninomiya, Hiroyoshi ^a   Kuno, Hiroshi ^b  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BANYU PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corrosion cast; Microvasculature; Rat eye

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CILIARY BODY; CONJUNCTIVA; DISEASE MODEL; EYE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IRIS; MICROCIRCULATION; RAT; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CILIARY BODY; CONJUNCTIVA; CORROSION CASTING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EYE; FEMALE; IRIS; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 0035293937     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-5224.2001.00143.x     Document Type: Article

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