The aqueous outflow system as a mechanical pump: Evidence from examination of tissue and aqueous movement in human and non-human primates

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 421-438

  Johnstone, Murray A ^a,b,c  

^a SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Glaucoma; Pump; Schlemm's canal; Shear stress; Trabecular meshwork; Valve

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FLOW RATE; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCHLEMM CANAL; SHEAR STRESS; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRIMATES; PULSATILE FLOW; SCLERA; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 4644363543     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ijg.0000131757.63542.24     Document Type: Article

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