Neuroanatomy and neurochemistry of mouse cornea

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 664-674

  He, Jiucheng ^a,b   Bazan, Haydee E P ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcitonin gene related protein; Corneal innervations; Mouse cornea; Substance P; Trigeminal ganglia

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN III; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; NEUROPEPTIDE; SUBSTANCE P ANTIBODY; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GANGLION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROPEPTIDES; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION;

EID: 84959203287     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.15-18019     Document Type: Article

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