Outflow physiology of the mouse eye: Pressure dependence and washout

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1865-1871

  Lei, Yuan ^a,b   Overby, Darryl R ^a   Boussommier Calleja, Alexandra ^a   Daniel Stamer, W ^c   Ross Ethier, C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENUCLEATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCHLEMM CANAL; TIME;

EID: 79955943060     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6019     Document Type: Article

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