Interaction between mechanical and osmotic forces in the isolated rabbit lens

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 798-803

  Zamudio, Aldo C ^a   Candia, Oscar A ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lens accommodation; Lens shape; Lens volume

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LENS; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYPERTONIC SOLUTIONS; HYPOTONIC SOLUTIONS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; ORGAN SIZE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; RABBITS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84855949406     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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