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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… 
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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
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
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
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Axonal interactions with connective tissue and glial substrata during optic nerve regeneration in Xenopus larvae and adults.
Axonal elongation through connective tissue and glial environments was compared following resection of the optic nerves in… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Clonal origins of somites and their muscle derivatives: evidence from allophenic mice.
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
The structure and innervation of sheep superior rectus and levator palpebrae extraocular muscles. I. Extrafusal muscle fibers.
1965
1965
A comparative pharmacologic-histologic study of slow and twitch fibers in the superior rectus muscle of the rabbit.
The superior rectus muscle of the rabbit can be separated into two plates: One is comprised, solely of F elder struktur ("slow… 
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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