Inhibition of membrane-bound carbonic anhydrase decreases subretinal pH and volume

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 261-271

  Wolfensberger, Thomas J ^a,b   Dmitriev, Andrey V ^b,c   Govardovskii, Victor I ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Carbonic anhydrase; pH; Retinal pigment epithelium; Subretinal space

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; BENZOLAMIDE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; EYE DROPS; GANGLION STIMULATING AGENT; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; TETRAMETHYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CHICKEN; CHOROID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; ION TRANSPORT; METABOLISM; PH; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL PH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; TISSUE PERFUSION;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BENZOLAMIDE; CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS; CARBONIC ANHYDRASES; CHICKENS; CHOROID; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GANGLIONIC STIMULANTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; ION TRANSPORT; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0033287251     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1002496223131     Document Type: Article

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