Effect of induced myopia on scleral myofibroblasts and in vivo ocular biomechanical compliance in the guinea pig

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 6162-6171

  Backhouse, Simon ^a   Phillips, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL COUNT; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE AXIS LENGTH; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MONOCULAR VISION; MYOFIBROBLAST; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; SCLERAL MYOFIBROBLAST; VITREOUS BODY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMETRY; CELL COUNT; COMPLIANCE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GUINEA PIGS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MYOFIBROBLASTS; MYOPIA; POSTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; SCLERA; SENSORY DEPRIVATION;

EID: 79952859665     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-5387     Document Type: Article

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