Mechanical properties of the rabbit iris smooth muscles

Vision Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 479-487

  Yamaji, Kazutsuna ^a   Yoshitomi, Takeshi ^b   Usui, Shiro ^a   Ohnishi, Yoshitaka ^b  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Isometric contraction; Isotonic contraction; Mathematical model; Pupil; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IRIS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPHINCTER PUPILLAE MUSCLE; VELOCITY; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; ELASTICITY; IRIS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PUPIL; RABBITS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 12244267073     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(02)00574-6     Document Type: Article

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