Identifier |
wh_ch16_p770 |
Title |
Walsh & Hoyt: Drug Effects |
Creator |
Aki Kawasaki, MD, PhD |
Affiliation |
Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne |
Subject |
Ocular Motor System; Accommodation, Ocular; Tears; Drug Effects; Effects of Drugs on the Pupils |
Description |
The iris is easy to see because it is suspended in a clear fluid behind a clear cornea. Thus, the actions of the sphincter and dilator muscles on the size of the pupil can be monitored easily. Parasympathetic and sympathetic neural impulses to the iris muscles can be modified by drugs at the synapses and at the effector sites, because it is at these locations that the transmission of the impulses depends on chemical mediators. Thus, the pupil can be and frequently is used as an indicator of drug action. Drugs that dilate the pupils. Parasympatholytic (anticholinergic) drugs. Sympathomimetic (adrenergic) drugs. Muscle relaxants. Drugs that constrict the pupils. Parasympathetomimetic (cholinergic) drugs. Sympatholytic (antiadrenergic) drugs. Other drugs that affect the pupil. Iris pigment and pupillary responses to drugs. |
Date |
2005 |
Language |
eng |
Format |
application/pdf |
Type |
Text |
Source |
Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 6th Edition |
Relation is Part of |
Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology |
Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Walsh and Hoyt Textbook Selections Collection: https://NOVEL.utah.edu |
Publisher |
Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia |
Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
Rights Management |
Copyright 2005. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6fb8bc3 |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_whts |
ID |
185988 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fb8bc3 |