Effect of oxygen on relaxation of retinal pericytes by sodium nitroprusside

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 235, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 388-392

  Haefliger, Ivan O ^a   Chen, Qian ^a   Anderson, Douglas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY EYE CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; FORSKOLIN; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; OXYGEN; SILICONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPEROXIA; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA CAPILLARY;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; FORSKOLIN; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HYPEROXIA; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; NITROPRUSSIDE; OXYGEN; RETINAL VESSELS; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0030969105     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00937289     Document Type: Article

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