Interaction of anaesthetic drugs and UV-B irradiation in the anterior segment of the rat eye

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 745-752

  Zhang, Fengju ^a,b   Löfgren, Stefan ^a   Söderberg, Per G ^a,b  

^a ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cataract; Ketamine; Lens; Light scattering; Pentobarbital; Rat; Reversible; Ultraviolet radiation; Xylazine

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; KETAMINE; PENTOBARBITAL; XYLAZINE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY EYE; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYELID CLOSURE; EYELID RETRACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ANALGESICS; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ANIMALS; CATARACT; CORNEA; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; KETAMINE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; PENTOBARBITAL; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; XYLAZINE;

EID: 35448948340     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2006.00856.x     Document Type: Article

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