Effects of nitric oxide synthase inhibitor on intraocular pressure and ocular inflammation following laser irradiation in rabbits

Current Eye Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 308-315

  Taniguchi, Toru ^a   Kawakami, Hideaki ^a   Sawada, Akira ^a   Iwaki, Masayoshi ^b   Tsuji, Akira ^a   Sugiyama, Kazuhisa ^a   Kitazawa, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood aqueous barrier; Intraocular pressure (IOP); Nd:YAG laser; Nitric oxide (NO); Prostaglandin; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SELECTIVITY; EYE INFLAMMATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; IRIS; LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; DINOPROSTONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EYE PROTEINS; GUANIDINES; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS; IRITIS; LASER SURGERY; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; RABBITS;

EID: 0031885744     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.17.3.308.5225     Document Type: Article

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