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. 1998 Apr:13:97-103.
doi: 10.1152/physiologyonline.1998.13.2.97.

The Lacrimal Gland and Its Veil of Tears

Benjamin Walcott  1
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The Lacrimal Gland and Its Veil of Tears

Benjamin Walcott. News Physiol Sci. 1998 Apr.

Abstract

The secretory cells of the lacrimal gland produce a highly complex product of water, ions and proteins. At least five neurotransmitter receptors and three different second message systems are involved in controlling the different secretory processes of this highly sophisticated secretory epithelium.

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