title: Retinal adhesiveness in the monkey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine factors that influence retinal adhesion in the primate and compare these with previous data from the rabbit.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retinal adhesiveness was studied in monkey eyes immediately after enucleation. The retina was peeled manually from the retinal pigment epithelium, and the amount of pigment that remained adherent to the retina was used as an index of adhesiveness.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The rate of post mortem failure of retinal adhesiveness in the monkey was less than in the rabbit under similar conditions. However, as in the rabbit, adhesiveness was sensitive to temperature, pH, and the concentrations of calcium and magnesium, and subretinal injections of neuraminidase weakened adhesion beyond the injection sites.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mechanisms of retinal adhesion are similar in primates and rabbits.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305-5308.
authors.forename: X Y
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Hageman
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Marmor
mesh_terms: D000268:Adhesiveness; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000187:drug effects; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008251:Macaca; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D008274:Magnesium / Q000494:pharmacology; D009439:Neuraminidase / Q000494:pharmacology; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D011817:Rabbits; D012160:Retina / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D009439:Neuraminidase; D008274:Magnesium; D002118:Calcium