The regulation of trabecular meshwork and ciliary muscle contractility

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 271-295

  Wiederholt, Michael ^a   Thieme, Hagen ^a   Stumpff, Friederike ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; SODIUM ION;

AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; CILIARY MUSCLE; ENZYME INHIBITION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

ANIMALS; CILIARY BODY; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 0034002380     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-9462(99)00015-4     Document Type: Review

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