Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2004;45(5):817-824.
Published online May 1, 2004.
The Distribution and Innervation of the Extraocular Pulley Smooth Muscle in the Rat.
Eon Jeong Kim, Eu Rie Kim, In Young Chung, Ji Myong Yoo
Department of Ophthalmology, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, #92 Chilam-dong, Chin-ju city, Gyeong-Nam, Korea. YJM@nongae.gsnu.ac.kr
흰쥐의 외안부 Pulley 평활근의 분포와 신경지배
김언정 ( Kim Eon Jeong ) , 김유리 ( Kim Yu Li ) , 정인영 ( Jeong In Yeong ) , 유지명 ( Yu Ji Myeong )
Abstract
PURPOSE
We evaluated the structure, distribution and innervation of the extraocular pulley smooth muscle in the rat, a species with a less complex visuomotor repertoire than primates. METHODS: The adult Sprague-Dawley rat was perfused transcardially with physiological saline followed by 4% formalin. The rat orbit was dissected en bloc, then paraffin processed and serially sectioned for hematoxylin-eosin and Masson's trichrome stain. The distribution and innervation of the extraocular pulley smooth muscle was confirmed by immunohistochemistry with human smooth muscle (SM) alpha-actin, tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS). RESULTS: We found the pulley structure consist of focal condensations of eleastin and collagenous connective tissue in relationship to the rectus muscle in the equatorial Tenon's fascia. Especially, the pulley smooth muscle connected to medial rectus muscle was immunostained to TH and NOS. CONCLUSIONS: The data supports the presence of the extraocular pulley smooth muscle in the rat orbit supposing to have dopaminergic and nitroxidergic innervation.
Key Words: Nerve innervation;Pulley smooth muscle;Rectus muscle pulley


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