Role of the pineal gland in ocular development of the chick in normal and constant light conditions

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 5132-5136

  Li, Tong ^a   Rowland, Howard C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE PROTECTION; EYE REFRACTION; EYELID CLOSURE; HATCHING; HYPERMETROPIA; INFRARED PHOTORETINOSCOPY; KERATOMETRY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOSCOPY; ANIMAL; CHICKEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORNEA; EYE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHICKENS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORNEA; EYE; LIGHT; PINEAL GLAND;

EID: 34247163582     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-0671     Document Type: Article

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