Innervation of the porcine ciliary muscle and outflow region

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-236

  May, Christian Albrecht ^a   Skorski, Liliana Maria ^a   Lütjen Drecoll, Elke ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcitonin gene related peptide; Ciliary body; Electron microscopy; Substance P; Trabecular meshwork

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; SUBSTANCE P;

ACCOMMODATION; ADRENERGIC NERVE CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CILIARY MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; ELASTIC FIBER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MORPHOLOGY; MYOFIBROBLAST; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SWINE; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CILIARY BODY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS; SUBSTANCE P; SWINE; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

PRIMATES; SUIDAE;

EID: 15844363838     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2005.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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