The in vitro inflation response of mouse sclera

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 866-875

  Myers, Kristin M ^a   Cone, Frances E ^b   Quigley, Harry A ^b   Gelman, Scott ^b   Pease, Mary E ^b   Nguyen, Thao D ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Inflation; Mechanical properties; Mouse; Myopia; Sclera

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; SCLERA INFLATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ELASTICITY; EYE ENUCLEATION; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYOPIA; SCLERA; SCLERITIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 78649485969     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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