Choroidal microcirculation in Abyssinian cats with hereditary rod-cone degeneration

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 537-540

  May, Christian Albrecht ^a   Narfström, Kristina ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

blood flow; choroid; morphology; tapetum lucidum

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CAT; CHOROID; CHOROID CAPILLARY LAYER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; HEREDITARY RETINA DEGENERATION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; TAPETUM LUCIDUM;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHOROID; MICROCIRCULATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 39849090598     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2007.12.011     Document Type: Article

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