Levodopa inhibits the development of form-deprivation myopia in guinea pigs

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-60

  Junfeng, Mao ^a   Shuangzhen, Liu ^a   Wenjuan, Qin ^b   Fengyun, Li ^a   Xiaoying, Wu ^a   Qian, Tan ^a  

^a Department of Ophthalmology ^*  (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Form deprivation myopia; Guinea pig; Levodopa; Therapy, dopamine

Indexed keywords

AXIAL LENGTH; CLINICAL STUDY; CONCENTRATION OF; DOPA GROUPS; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; GUINEA PIGS; IN-VIVO; INTRAPERITONEAL; INTRAPERITONEAL INJECTIONS; INTRAPERITONEALLY; L-PHENYLALANINE; LEVODOPA; NEW STRATEGY; NORMAL CONTROLS; PARKINSON DISEASE; RADIUS OF CURVATURE; REFRACTIVE ERROR;

ALDEHYDES; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DISEASES; DRUG THERAPY; HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; REFRACTION;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LEVODOPA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; GUINEA PIG; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; MYOPIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE AGENTS; FORM PERCEPTION; GUINEA PIGS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LEVODOPA; MYOPIA; RETINA; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77249122176     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181c12b3d     Document Type: Article

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