Localization of preganglionic neurons that innervate choroidal neurons of pterygopalatine ganglion

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 3713-3724

  Cuthbertson, Sherry ^a   LeDoux, Mark S ^a   Jones, Seth ^a   Jones, Julia ^a   Zhou, Qihong ^a   Gong, Suzhen ^a   Ryan, Patrick ^a   Reiner, Anton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FLUORESCENT DYE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TRACER; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL LABELING; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CHOROID NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE BLOOD FLOW; GANGLION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE ROOT; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDORABIES HERPETOVIRUS; PTERYGOPALATINE GANGLION; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION; SUPERIOR SALIVARY NUCLEUS; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC FIBERS, PREGANGLIONIC; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOROID; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GANGLIA, PARASYMPATHETIC; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PALATE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPHENOID BONE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0041861262     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.02-1207     Document Type: Article

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