Nerve Endings With Structural Characteristics
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Methods. Serial tangential sections and whole-mount preparations of the scleral spur region of 18 human eyes of different ages were investigated with electronmicroscopic and immunohistochemical methods. For immunohistochemistry antibodies against neurofilament-proteins, synaptophysin, substance P (SP), calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), neuropeptide Y (NPY), tyrosine-hydroxylase, dopamine-/3-hydroxylase, and acetylcholinesterase were used.
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