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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-8
pubmed:abstractText
The end-artery retinal vasculature of a marsupial, the fat-tailed dunnart, was defined by India ink injection and studied in wholemounts. In the adult, the vitreal vasculature supplying the ganglion-cell layer has major paired-vessels in a horizontal H shape. These vessels skirt the area centralis and visual streak that are supplied by fine end-loops. A second vascular layer of uniformly distributed endloops arises from the superficial vessels and lies at the inner nuclear/outer plexiform border. During development, vessels enter the eye via the optic nerve head to form the upper vasculature, assuming an essentially mature arrangement prior to the formation of the area centralis and visual streak. Vessels then descend to form the lower bed. Unlike the cat, the dunnart has retinal vessels that are patent throughout development, their growth is interstitial and reductive remodelling is not seen. A retinal end-artery system may have evolved in marsupials because their precocity requires a vasculature that is functional from early stages of development.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0042-6989
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
41
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
13-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
The development and mature organisation of the end-artery retinal vasculature in a marsupial, the dunnart Sminthopsis crassicaudata.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Zoology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6907, Australia. jrodger@cyllene.uwa.edu.au
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't