The structure of the trabecular meshwork, its connections to the ciliary muscle, and the effect of pilocarpine on outflow facility in mice

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3727-3736

  Overby, Darryl R ^a   Bertrand, Jacques ^a   Schicht, Martin ^b   Paulsen, Friedrich ^b   Daniel Stamer, W ^c   Lütjen Drecoll, Elke ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueous humor; Ciliary muscle; Glaucoma; Pilocarpine; Trabecular meshwork

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ELASTIN; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PILOCARPINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW; ARTICLE; CILIARY MUSCLE; ELASTIC FIBER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENUCLEATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHLEMM CANAL; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; CILIARY MUSCLE; GLAUCOMA; PILOCARPINE; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CILIARY BODY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLAUCOMA; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; PILOCARPINE; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 84902477233     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-13699     Document Type: Article

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