Total retinal nitric oxide production is increased in intraocular pressure-elevated rats

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 401-406

  Siu, Andrew W ^a   Leung, Mason C P ^a   Ho To, Chi ^a   Siu, Flora K W ^a   Ji, J Z ^b   Fai So, Kwok ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Nitric oxide; Retina; Retinal ganglion cell

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TONOMETER;

EID: 0036034481     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4835(02)92029-4     Document Type: Article

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