Bruch's membrane with an elastic lamina in the eye of a teleost.
This paper reports the existence of an elastic lamina in Bruch's membrane in the eye of the teleost Notopterus notopterus. It is considered that the exceptional thickness of Bruch's membrane provides support for the tall and expanded retinal pigment epithelial cells characteristic of this species. The functional significance of the elastic layer is not understood.
Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, India.
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D000818:Animals; D001699:Biometry; D016570:Bruch Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D004547:Elastic Tissue / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005399:Fishes / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000648:ultrastructure