A complex interaction between topical verapamil and timolol on intraocular pressure in conscious rabbits

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 354, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 198-204

  Santafé, Juan ^a   Martínez De Ibarreta, María Jesús ^a   Segarra, José ^a   Melena, José ^a   Garrido, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

glaucoma; intraocular pressure; rabbits; timolol; verapamil

Indexed keywords

TIMOLOL; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GLAUCOMA; HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; TIMOLOL; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 0030010923     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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