The Adrenergic Innervation of the Eye as Demonstrated by Fluorescence Microscopy

作者：Torbjörn Malmfors · 发表于：Acta Physiologica Scandinavica · 年份：1965 · DOI：10.1111/j.1748-1716.1965.tb04269.x · 被引用次数：102 · 研究领域：Circadian rhythm and melatonin、Migraine and Headache Studies、Photoreceptor and optogenetics research

Abstract Malmfors, T. The adrenergic innervations of the eye as demonstrated by fluorescence microscopy. Acta physiol. scand. 1965. 65. 259–267. — Ocular tissues from different species (mouse, rat, guinea pig, rabbit, cat and monkey) have been examined with the fluorescence method of Falck and Hillarp, which visualizes the adrenergic postganglionic sympathetic nerves. In addition to the generally accepted innervation of the vessels (particularly in the vascular layer of the eye) and of the dilator, there were found also an adrenergic innervation of the sphincter and an adrenergic ground‐plexus among the capillaries in the choroid and the ciliary body. There was not, on the other hand, found any adrenergic innervation of the retinal vessels (except in the optic papilla) and no clear innervation of the ciliary mudcle. All the adrenergic nerves to the eye seemed to arise from the upper cervical ganglion. The present observations are discussed in relation to earlier physiological and pharmacological findings.