Morphological changes in the anterior segment of the Abyssinian cat eye with hereditary rod-cone degeneration

Current Eye Research

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 855-862

  May, Chr Albrecht ^a,b,d   Lütjen Drecoll, Elke ^a   Narfström, Kristina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d Anatomisches Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal model; Ciliary body; Iris; Morphology; Retinal degeneration; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SUBSTANCE P; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CAT; CELL STRUCTURE; CILIARY BODY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IRIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETINA ROD; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; BLOOD VESSELS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CILIARY BODY; CONES (RETINA); IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RODS (RETINA);

EID: 31544475157     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680591006219     Document Type: Article

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