Pilocarpine-induced dilation of Schlemm's canal and prevention of lumen collapse at elevated intraocular pressures in living mice visualized by OCT

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3737-3746

  Li, Guorong ^a   Farsiu, Sina ^a,b   Chiu, Stephanie J ^b   Gonzalez, Pedro ^a   Lütjen Drecoll, Elke ^c   Overby, Darryl R ^d   Daniel Stamer, W ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aqueous humor; Glaucoma; Ocular hypertension; Optical coherence tomography; Pilocarpine; Trabecular meshwork

Indexed keywords

PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CILIARY MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; OCULAR BLOOD VESSEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHLEMM CANAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; TONOMETRY; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; GLAUCOMA; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PILOCARPINE; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CILIARY BODY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MICE; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PILOCARPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 84902478232     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-13700     Document Type: Article

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