Changes in mouse corneal epithelial innervation with age

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 5077-5084

  Wang, Cun ^a   Fu, Ting ^a   Xia, Chaoyong ^b   Li, Zhijie ^a,c  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL AGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL AGING; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, ANIMAL; NERVE ENDINGS; NERVE FIBERS;

EID: 84867345633     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-9704     Document Type: Article

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