caa a22 4500 465777201 CHVBK 20180323111945.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02764312 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02764312 Histological study of choroidal melanocytes in animals with tapetum lucidum cellulosum [Elektronische Daten] [Taeko Chijiiwa, Tatsuro Ishibashi, Hajime Inomata] The distribution and morphology of choroidal melanocytes in dogs and cats which have a tapetum were compared with those of humans who do not. In dogs or cats, tapetal cell-like melanocytes were arranged in layers on the scleral side of the tapetum and underneath the choriocapillaris in the non-tapetal area. Although the tapetum of the dog occupied a smaller area than that of the cat, the tapetum plus the area of tapetal cell-like multilayered melanocytes occupied most of the fundus in the dog in almost the same way as in the cat. These multilayered melanocytes contained few intracytoplasmic organelles except for melanin granules, and some had regularly arranged melanin granules. In human eyes tapetal cell-like melanocytes were not found anywhere. It was concluded that the morphology and structural architecture of choroidal melanocytes of dogs or cats are different from those of human eyes and closely correspond to the tapetum. Springer-Verlag, 1990 Chijiiwa Taeko Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, 812, Fukuoka, Japan aut Ishibashi Tatsuro Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, 812, Fukuoka, Japan aut Inomata Hajime Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, 812, Fukuoka, Japan aut Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology Springer-Verlag 228/1(1990-01-01), 161-168 0721-832X 228:1<161 1990 228 417 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02764312 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02764312 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chijiiwa Taeko Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, 812, Fukuoka, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ishibashi Tatsuro Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, 812, Fukuoka, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Inomata Hajime Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, 812, Fukuoka, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology Springer-Verlag 228/1(1990-01-01), 161-168 0721-832X 228:1<161 1990 228 417 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence SWISSBIB 465777201 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer