Resistance to blood flow in the rabbit ophthalmic artery after topical treatment with timolol

Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-109

  Liu, John H K ^a   Li, Ruixia ^a   Nelson, Thomas R ^b   Weinreb, Robert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TIMOLOL MALEATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CALCULATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; RABBIT; SYSTOLE; TONOMETER; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EYE; HEART RATE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; RABBITS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TIMOLOL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 34247330462     PISSN: 10807683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jop.2006.0098     Document Type: Article

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