The origin of extrinsic nitrergic axons supplying the human eye

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 225-229

  Gottanka, Johannes ^a   Kirch, Wolfram ^a   Tamm, Ernst R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ciliary ganglion; NADPH diaphorase; Pterygopalatine ganglion; Superior cervical ganglion; Trigeminal ganglion

Indexed keywords

NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NICOTINAMIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CELL LABELING; CELL SIZE; CERVICAL GANGLION; CHOROID; CILIARY GANGLION; CILIARY MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NITRERGIC NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; VIDIAN NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXONS; CILIARY BODY; EYE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NITRERGIC NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; STAINING AND LABELING; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION;

EID: 15844407465     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2005.00391.x     Document Type: Article

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