Age-related decline in VIP-positive parasympathetic nerve fibers in the human submacular choroid

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 479-485

  Jablonski, Monica M ^a   Iannaccone, Alessandro ^a   Reynolds, Drew H ^a   Gallaher, Preston ^a   Allen, Shaun ^a   Wang, XiaoFei ^a   Reiner, Anton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CHOROID; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; OCULAR BLOOD VESSEL; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PEROXIDASE ANTIPEROXIDASE COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHOROID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 33847752638     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0972     Document Type: Article

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