Monkey central retinal artery is innervated by nitroxidergic vasodilator nerves

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2177-2184

  Toda, Noboru ^a   Toda, Megumi ^a   Ayajiki, Kazuhide ^a   Okamura, Tomio ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

central retinal artery; monkey; nicotine; nitric oxide (NO); vasodilator nerve

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; INDOMETACIN; METHYLENE BLUE; NICOTINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; PRAZOSIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; TIMOLOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNERVATION; MONKEY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; COLORING AGENTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GANGLIONIC STIMULANTS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MACACA; MALE; METHYLENE BLUE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NERVE ENDINGS; NICOTINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; RETINAL ARTERY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASODILATION;

EID: 0029846178     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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