Sympathetic inhibition of accommodation after sustained nearwork in subjects with myopia and emmetropia

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 114-120

  Vasudevan, Balamurali ^a   Ciuffreda, Kenneth J ^a   Gilmartin, Bernard ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAXOLOL; TIMOLOL MALEATE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TIMOLOL;

ACCOMMODATION; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INSTILLATION; EMMETROPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOPIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISION; CILIARY BODY; DRUG EFFECT; INNERVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; BETAXOLOL; CILIARY BODY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOPIA; READING; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TIMOLOL;

EID: 58249093377     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-1762     Document Type: Article

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