Transepithelial short circuit currents in human and porcine isolated ciliary bodies: Effect of acetazolamide and epinephrine

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 156-160

  Wu, Renyi ^a   Flammer, Josef ^a   Haefliger, Ivan O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY EYE CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adrenoreceptor agonists; Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors; Ciliary process; Glaucoma; Short circuit current

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS HUMOR FORMATION; CILIARY BODY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ION CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ADRENERGIC AGENTS; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS; CILIARY BODY; EPINEPHRINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 0037356912     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-38168     Document Type: Conference Paper

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