Age-related changes in rat corneal epithelial nerve density

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 910-916

  Dvorscak, Lauren ^a   Marfurt, Carl F ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DRY EYE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; AGING; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FISCHER 344 RAT; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY;

NEUROTUBULIN; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANIMALS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; NERVE ENDINGS; NERVE FIBERS; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TUBULIN;

EID: 41949125020     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-1324     Document Type: Article

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