Role of nitric oxide in the control of ocular blood flow

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 823-847

  Schmetterer, Leopold ^a,b   Polak, Kaija ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGININE; BRADYKININ; HISTAMINE; INSULIN; N(G) METHYLARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SILDENAFIL; SUBSTANCE P; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD REGURGITATION; CHOROID PLEXUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE BLOOD FLOW; EYE DISEASE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0034835929     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-9462(01)00014-3     Document Type: Review

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