Effect of nitric oxide synthase inhibitor on optic nerve head circulation in conscious rabbits

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1149-1152

  Sugiyama, Tetsuya ^a   Oku, Hidehiro ^a   Ikari, Shoichiro ^a   Ikeda, Tsunehiko ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BLOOD CIRCULATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OPTIC DISK; RABBITS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0034029639     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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