The effect of nitric oxide on the contractile tone of Muller cells

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 387-391

  Kawasaki, Yoshimi ^a   Fujikado, Takashi ^a   Hosohata, Jun ^a   Tano, Yasuo ^a   Tanaka, Yasuhiko ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contractility; Muller cell; Nitric oxide; Ocular development; Relaxation

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYL PHENYLTETRAMETHYLIMIDAZOLE OXIDE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; SCAVENGER; SILICONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; LEISURE; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA;

ANIMALS; BENZOATES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; IMIDAZOLES; NEUROGLIA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; PENICILLAMINE; RETINA; S-NITROSO-N-ACETYLPENICILLAMINE;

EID: 0032836823     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000055562     Document Type: Article

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