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IN a previous report from this laboratory1, it was observed that injections of noradrenaline, made directly into the vitreous body of the rabbit eye, lowered the intraocular pressure, apparently by reducing the resistance to outflow of aqueous humour from the angle of the anterior chamber of the eye. In order to determine whether such an effect could be related to the vasoconstrictor action of noradrenaline, it was decided to examine the ocular effects of angiotensin, a vasopressor compound which does not stimulate sympathetic alpha receptors. Some preliminary results obtained in this study are presented here.
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Eakins, K. E., J. Pharm. Exp. Therap., 140, 79 (1963).
Langham, M. E., and Eisenlohr, J. E., Invest. Ophthal., 2, 72 (1963).
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EAKINS, K. Effect of Angiotensin on Intraocular Pressure. Nature 202, 813–814 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/202813b0
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