Choroidal ganglion cells in prenatal, young, and middle-aged human donor eyes

Current Eye Research

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 667-672

  May, Christian Albrecht ^a,b   Lütjen Drecoll, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Choroid; Development; Innervation

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER; VESICULAR MONOAMINE TRANSPORTER 2;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC NERVE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CHOROID; CILIARY NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; SYNAPSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHILD; CHOROID; GANGLIA, PARASYMPATHETIC; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TISSUE DONORS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; VESICULAR BIOGENIC AMINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 24944533396     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680590968231     Document Type: Article

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