Autonomic control of the eye and the iris

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-79

  Neuhuber, Winfried ^a   Schrödl, Falk ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Choroid; Ciliary body; Comparative neuroanatomy; Cornea; Intrinsic neurons; Iris; Parasympathetic; Sympathetic

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ANGIOGENESIS; AQUEOUS HUMOR FORMATION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIRD; CILIARY BODY; CILIARY NERVE; CRANIAL NERVE; EYE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; EYE; HUMANS; IRIS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 80053321527     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: 18727484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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