Nitric oxide relaxes bovine ciliary muscle contracted by carbachol through elevation of cyclic GMP

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-7

  Kamikawatoko, Soichiro ^a   Tokoro, Takashi ^a   Ishida, Akimasa ^b   Masuda, Hiroshi ^b   Hamasaki, Hidehisa ^b   Sato, Jun ^b   Azuma, Hiroshi ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclic GMP; Isobutylmethylxanthine; Methylene blue; Nitric oxide; Relaxation of ciliary muscle

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CYCLIC GMP; GUANYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE; METHYLENE BLUE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CILIARY MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

EID: 0031941240     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1997.0408     Document Type: Article

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