Assessment of postnatal corneal development in the C57BL/6 mouse using spectral domain optical coherence tomography and microwave-assisted histology

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 363-370

  Hanlon, Samuel D ^a   Patel, Nimesh B ^a   Burns, Alan R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

C57BL 6; Cornea; Development; Histology; Microwave; OCT

Indexed keywords

GLUTARALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; MALE; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CORNEA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROWAVES; TISSUE FIXATION; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 80055044349     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2011.04.013     Document Type: Article

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