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Muscle of orbit

Known as: eye muscle, Oculomotor Muscle, muscle eye 
The muscles that move the eye. Included in this group are the medial rectus, lateral rectus, superior rectus, inferior rectus, inferior oblique… 
National Institutes of Health

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Blood supply aspectsCDISC SEND Biospecimens TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium TerminologyEye Movements

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Extraocular rectus muscleFibrosis of Extraocular Muscles, Congenital, with Synergistic DivergenceInferior rectus muscle structureLateral rectus muscle structure

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EyeFacial MusclesLevator palpebrae superioris structureMuscle

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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Melanocortin-4 receptor messenger ribonucleic acid expression in rat cardiorespiratory, musculoskeletal, and integumentary systems.
We determined melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4-R) mRNA ontogeny in the rat using in situ hybridization and a rat MC4-R riboprobe and… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Distribution of acidic and basic fibroblast growth factors (FGF) in the foetal rat eye: implications for lens development.
Previously we reported that, in vitro, lens cells proliferate, migrate or differentiate in response to low, medium and high… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
A thyroid cytotoxic antibody that cross-reacts with an eye muscle cell surface antigen may be the cause of thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy.
A hitherto unrecognized thyroid antibody, which reacts with a thyroid cell surface antigen expressed on passaged thyroid cells… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Sarcomeric myosin heavy chain gene family: organization and pattern of expression.
The sarcomeric myosin heavy chains (MHCs), which exhibit different levels of ATPase activity, are encoded by a closely related… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Accessory abducens nucleus and conditioned eye retraction/nictitating membrane extension in rabbit
The role of accessory abducens nucleus neurons in the conditioned eye retraction/nictitating membrane extension response was… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Calcium binding in pigmented and albino eyes.
The localization of calcium binding sites in eyes was determined autoradiographically after extracting endogenous Ca from tissue… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
A quantitative analysis of the spatial organization of the vestibulo-ocular reflexes in lateral- and frontal-eyed animals—II. Neuronal networks underlying vestibulo-oculomotor coordination
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Clonal origins of somites and their muscle derivatives: evidence from allophenic mice.
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Peripheral pathway of eye muscle proprioception.
Highly Cited
1952
Highly Cited
1952
Possible role of proprioception in the extraocular muscles.
THE FINDING by Daniel, 1 confirmed by Cooper and Daniel 2 and Sunderland, 3 of muscle spindles in the extraocular muscles of the… 
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