Amlodipine and benazeprilat differently affect the responses to endothelin-1 and bradykinin in porcine ciliary arteries: Effects of a low and high dose combination

Current Eye Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 208-213

  Lang, Markus G ^a,c   Zhu, Peili ^a   Meyer, Peter ^a   Noll, Georg ^b   Haefliger, Ivan O ^a   Flammer, Josef ^a   Lüscher, Thomas F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amlodipine; Benazeprilat; Bradykinin; Combination therapy; Endothelin 1; Ophthalmic circulation; Porcine ciliary arteries

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; BENAZEPRILAT; BRADYKININ; ENDOTHELIN 1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CILIARY ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; GLAUCOMA; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SWINE; VASOSPASM; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

AMLODIPINE; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BENZAZEPINES; BRADYKININ; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CILIARY BODY; ENDOTHELIN-1; GLAUCOMA; SWINE;

EID: 0030993570     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.16.3.208.15401     Document Type: Article

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