• DOI:10.1111/J.1463-5224.2004.00318.X
Corpus ID: 15419778

Comparative morphology of the tapetum lucidum (among selected species).

@article{Ollivier2004ComparativeMO,
  title={Comparative morphology of the tapetum lucidum (among selected species).},
  author={F. Ollivier and D. Samuelson and D. Brooks and P. Lewis and M. Kallberg and A. Kom{\'a}romy},
  journal={Veterinary ophthalmology},
  year={2004},
  volume={7 1},
  pages={
          11-22
        }
}

• F. Ollivier, D. Samuelson, +3 authors A. Komáromy
• Published 2004
• Biology, Medicine
• Veterinary ophthalmology

OBJECTIVES The phenomenon of 'eye-shine' is seen in a variety of animal species, and is generally thought to be related to the presence of an intraocular reflecting structure, the tapetum lucidum. [...] Key Method Morphologic observations were made from paraffin and plastic embedded specimens. Specimens were treated with traditional stains and observed by light and transmission electron microscopy. RESULTS Some species (primates, squirrels, birds, red kangaroo and pig) do not have this structure and they…Expand

View on PubMed

vetweb.com.br

Save to Library

Create Alert

Cite

Launch Research Feed