Insulin acts as a powerful stimulator of axial myopia in chicks. [electronic resource]
- Investigative ophthalmology & visual science Jan 2009
- 13-23 p. digital
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
1552-5783
10.1167/iovs.08-1702 doi
Actins--genetics Amacrine Cells--metabolism Animals Chickens Cornea--pathology Disease Models, Animal Dose-Response Relationship, Drug Early Growth Response Protein 1--genetics Eye--growth & development Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect Glucagon--genetics Glucose--metabolism Hyperopia--etiology Hypoglycemic Agents--pharmacology Injections Insulin--pharmacology Male Myopia--chemically induced RNA, Messenger--metabolism Refraction, Ocular--physiology Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Sensory Deprivation Vitreous Body--metabolism