N-methyl-D-aspartic acid causes relaxation of porcine retinal arterioles through an adenosine receptor-dependent mechanism

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 4590-4594

  Holmgaard, Kim ^a   Aalkjaer, Christian ^b   Lambert, John D C ^b   Bek, Toke ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 8 (4 SULFOPHENYL)THEOPHYLLINE; 8-(4-SULFOPHENYL)THEOPHYLLINE; ADENOSINE; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; SWINE; VASCULAR TISSUE; VASODILATATION; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA ARTERY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; HYDROLYSIS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; N-METHYLASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P1; RETINAL ARTERY; SWINE; THEOPHYLLINE; VASODILATION;

EID: 53449083993     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-1890     Document Type: Article

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