Demonstration of the nerve distribution of the extraocular muscles in rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Current Eye Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 179-188

  Gülekon, Nadir ^a   Peker, Tuncay ^a   Liman, Feza ^b   Anil, Afitap ^a   Turgut, Hasan Basri ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Tip Fakültesi Caddesi 17 9   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Extraocular muscles; Innervation; Neuromuscular compartments; Sihler stain

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; INFERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SIHLER STAINING; STAINING; SUPERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; ABDUCENS NERVE; ANIMAL; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; TROCHLEAR NERVE;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ANIMALS; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; RABBITS; STAINING AND LABELING; TROCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0036769948     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.25.3.179.13477     Document Type: Article

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