Nitrergic Nerve Cells in the Primate Ciliary Muscle Are Only Present in Species with a Fovea centralis
作者:
Ernst R. Tamm,
Elke Lütjen-Drecoll,
期刊:
Ophthalmologica
(Karger Available online 1997)
卷期:
Volume 211,
issue 3
页码: 201-204
ISSN:0030-3755
年代: 1997
DOI:10.1159/000310789
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Ciliary muscle;Cynomolgus monkey;Macaca fascicularis;Owl monkey;Aotes trivirgatus;NADPH diaphorase;Nerve cell
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
Nerve cells positive for NADPH diaphorase (D)/nitric oxide synthase in the human ciliary muscle appear to be involved in relaxation of the muscle during disaccommodation. To study whether similar cells might mediate disaccommodation of the primate ciliary muscle in general, serial sections of the ciliary muscle of 5 cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) and 2 owl monkeys (Aotes trivirgatus) were stained for NADPH-D. Both monkey species have a ciliary muscle system and an accommodative amplitude comparable to that in humans. Positively stained cells were frequently observed in the ciliary muscle of all cynomolgus monkeys, a diurnal species with a fovea, but never in owl monkeys, a nocturnal species without a fovea. The results indicate that NADPH-D-positive and probably nitrergic ganglion cells in the ciliary muscle are not present in all primate species, but only in those with high requirements for visual acuity. They might smoothen the ciliary-ganglion-mediated contraction of the ciliary muscle or contribute to the small fluctuations or oscillations of accommodation that are observed under steady viewing conditions.
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