Glaucoma, capillaries and pericytes. 4. Beta-adrenergic activation of cultured retinal pericytes

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 210, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 276-279

  Zschauer, Aino O A ^a   Davis, Barry ^a   Anderson, Douglas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atenolol; Betaxolol; Blood flow regulation; Capillaries; Glaucoma; Isoproterenol; Pericytes; Propanolol; Retina; Timolol; Adrenergic receptors

Indexed keywords

ALPRENOLOL DERIVATIVE; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETAXOLOL; ISOPRENALINE; PROPRANOLOL; TIMOLOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GLAUCOMA; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAPILLARIES; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLAUCOMA; ISOPROTERENOL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; OPTIC NERVE; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 0029813918     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: 14230267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000310725     Document Type: Article

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