Characterization of α2-adrenoceptor subtypes in the porcine eye: Identification of α(2A)-adrenoceptors in the choroid, ciliary body and iris, and α(2A)- and α(2C)-adrenoceptors in the retina

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-65

  Wikberg Matsson, Anna ^a   Wikberg, Jarl E S ^b   Uhlén, Staffan ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

2 Adrenoceptor subtypes; Choroid; Ciliary body; Iris; Retina; 3H MK912

Indexed keywords

1,3,4,5',6,6',7,12B OCTAHYDRO 1',3' DIMETHYL 2H SPIRO[BENZO[B]FURO[2,3 A]QUINOLIZINE 2,4' PYRIMIDINE] 2' ONE; 2 (1 METHYL 2 ISOINDOLINYLMETHYL) 2 IMIDAZOLINE; 2 (2 METHOXY 1,4 BENZODIOXAN 2 YL) 2 IMIDAZOLINE; 2 [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] 4,4 DIMETHYL 1,3(2H,4H) ISOQUINOLINEDIONE; 2 [[2 (2,6 DIMETHOXYPHENOXY)ETHYL]AMINOMETHYL] 1,4 BENZODIOXAN; 2,3,9,13B TETRAHYDRO 1,2 DIMETHYL 1H IMIDAZO[3,4 F]MORPHANTHRIDINE; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; PRAZOSIN; SPIROXATRINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOROID; CILIARY BODY; IRIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SWINE;

EID: 0030197514     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0091     Document Type: Article

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