Choroidal ganglion cell plexus and retinal vasculature in monkeys with laser-induced glaucoma

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 161-171

  May, Ch Albrecht ^a   Hayreh, Sohan Singh ^b   Furuyoshi, Naohiko ^a   Ossoinig, Karl ^b   Kaufman, Paul L ^c   Lütjen Drecoll, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amacrine cells; Choroid; Ganglion cells; Monkey; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOROID; GLAUCOMA; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER; NERVE PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RHESUS MONKEY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CHOROID; GANGLIA, SENSORY; GLAUCOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASERS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC NERVE; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 1842289241     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: 14230267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000310784     Document Type: Article

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