Effects of endothelin-1 and flunarizine on human trabecular meshwork cell contraction

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 231, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1081-1084

  Cellini, Mauro ^a   Versura, Piera ^a   Zamparini, Eugenio ^a   Bendo, Edlira ^a   Campos, Emilio C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcium channel blockers; Cell contraction; Endothelin 1; Flunarizine; HTM cells; Morphometric analysis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; ENDOTHELIN 1; FLUNARIZINE; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE;

CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN;

CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIN-1; FLUNARIZINE; HUMANS; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33744912754     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: 15353699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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