Nitrergic nerve cells in the primate ciliary muscle are only present in species with a fovea centralis

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 201-204

  Tamm, Ernst R ^a   Lütjen Drecoll, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aotes trivirgatus; Ciliary muscle; Cynomolgus monkey; Macaca fascicularis; NADPH diaphorase; Nerve cell; Owl monkey

Indexed keywords

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CILIARY MUSCLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; MACACA; MONKEY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; RETINA FOVEA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 1842298747     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: 14230267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000310789     Document Type: Article

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