The effect of no donors on bovine retinal small arteries and posterior ciliary arteries

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1642-1646

  Dclaey, Christophe ^a   Van Voorde, Johan De ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; 8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; LINSIDOMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PAPAVERINE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; SODIUM NITRITE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CILIARY ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CILIARY ARTERIES; CYCLIC GMP; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; PAPAVERINE; RETINAL ARTERY;

EID: 0031858841     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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