The effects of bupivacaine injection and oral nitric oxide on extraocular muscle in the rabbit
GRAEFES ARCHIVE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, vol.251, no.9, pp.2227-2233, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 251 Issue: 9
- Publication Date: 2013
- Doi Number: 10.1007/s00417-013-2390-8
- Journal Name: GRAEFES ARCHIVE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.2227-2233
- Keywords: Bupivacaine, Nitric oxide, Extraocular muscle, Rabbit, ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE, STRENGTH, REGENERATION, ACTIVATION, REPAIR
- Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Nitric oxide (NO) plays a key role in muscle regeneration, which is the primary response, observed during bupivacaine-induced extraocular muscle (EOM) hypertrophy. Our aims were to investigate the effects of bupivacaine injection into the rabbit EOM and the interaction with NO.