Nitric oxide-induced ciliary muscle relaxation during contraction with endothelin-1 is mediated through elevation of cyclic GMP

Current Eye Research

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1245-1251

  Masuda, Hiroshi ^a   Tamaoki, Satoru ^a   Goto, Moritaka ^a   Ishida, Akimasa ^a   Kamikawatoko, Soichiro ^b   Tokoro, Takashi ^b   Azuma, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bovine ciliary muscle; Cyclic GMP; Endothelin 1; Guanylate cyclase; IBMX; Methylene blue; Nitric oxide; Relaxation; Sodium nitroprusside

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIN 1; ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE; METHYLENE BLUE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CILIARY MUSCLE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030656318     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.16.12.1245.5025     Document Type: Article

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