Latrunculins' effects on intraocular pressure, aqueous humor flow, and corneal endothelium

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1749-1758

  Peterson, Jennifer A ^a   Tian, Baohe ^a   McLaren, Jay W ^b   Hubbard, William C ^a   Geiger, Benjamin ^c   Kaufman, Paul L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d Dept of Ophthalmol and Vis Sci ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE PROTEIN; FLUORESCEIN; LATRUNCULIN A; LATRUNCULIN B;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA THICKNESS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT;

ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; BLOOD-AQUEOUS BARRIER; CELL COUNT; CORNEA; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; MARINE TOXINS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PERMEABILITY; PORIFERA; THIAZOLES; THIAZOLIDINES;

EID: 0034042738     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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