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Nictitating Membrane

Known as: Eyelids, Third, Third Eyelid, Membrane, Nictitating 
A fold of the mucous membrane of the CONJUNCTIVA in many animals. At rest, it is hidden in the medial canthus. It can extend to cover part or all of… 
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Blood supply aspectsCDISC SEND Biospecimens TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium TerminologyMicrobiological

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Eyelid structurePlica semilunaris of conjunctivaTissue membrane

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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Reversible inactivations of the cerebellum prevent the extinction of conditioned nictitating membrane responses in rabbits.
1. Studies show that reversible inactivation of the anterior interpositus nucleus (AIP) of the cerebellum with muscimol (a GABAA… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Reversible inactivations of the cerebellum with muscimol prevent the acquisition and extinction of conditioned nictitating membrane responses in the rabbit
Lesions of the cerebellum severely impair the classically conditioned nictitating membrane response (NMR) in rabbits. Thus, the… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Classical conditioning of the eyeblink reflex in the decerebrate-decerebellate rabbit
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
1981
Highly Cited
1981
The septohippocampal cholinergic system and classical conditioning of the rabbit's nictitating membrane response.
Rabbits received bilateral microinjections of scopolamine or saline into either the dorsal hippocampus (Experiment 1) or the… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Ganglion blocking properties of some bispyridinium soman antagonists.
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Immunofluorescent localization of collagen types I, II, and III in the embryonic chick eye.
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
THE EFFECTS OF MORPHINE ON THE RELEASE OF NORADRENALINE FROM THE CAT ISOLATED NICTITATING MEMBRANE AND THE GUINEA‐PIG ILEUM MYENTERIC PLEXUS‐LONGITUDINAL MUSCLE PREPARATION
1 Electrical field stimulation of either the cat isolated nictitating membrane or the guinea‐pig ileum myenteric plexus… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Relaxation and sleep induced by warming of preoptic region and anterior hypothalamus in cats.
Highly Cited
1953
Highly Cited
1953
The effect of denervation on the action of sympathomimetic amines on the nictitating membrane.
The work of Cannon and Rosenblueth and their collaborators on the hypersensitivity of denervated structures has given rise to a… 
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