Non-vascular smooth muscle cells in the human choroid: Distribution, development and further characterization

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 381-390

  May, Christian Albrecht ^a,b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Anatomisches Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eye; Human; Immunohistochemistry; Smooth muscle marker

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALDESMON; CALPONIN; SMOOTHELIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHOROID; CILIARY ARTERY; CILIARY NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA FOVEA; SCLERA; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ACTINS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOROID; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 26944457284     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2005.00460.x     Document Type: Article

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