Article
Sensory and autonomic innervation of the rat eyelid: neuronal origins and peptide phenotypes.
Journal of chemical neuroanatomy - 1 Jul 1994
Simons E, Smith P G
Abstract excerpt
Neuronal origins, peptide phenotypes and target distributions were determined for sensory and autonomic nerves projecting to the eyelid. The retrograde tracer, Fluoro-Ruby, was injected into the superior tarsal muscle and meibomian gland of Sprague-Dawley rats. Labelled neurons were observed with...
Topics
- Animals
- Autonomic Nervous System
- Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
- Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase
- Eyelids
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Ganglia, Parasympathetic
- Immunohistochemistry
- Meibomian Glands
- Nerve Fibers
- Neurons, Afferent
- Neuropeptides
- Phenotype
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Superior Cervical Ganglion
- Trigeminal Ganglion
- Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide