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Are Stretch-Activated Channels an Ocular Barometer?

  • Tan J
  • Coroneo M
Springer Netherlands, (2008), 133-144
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8716-5_8
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Abstract

Cells are subject to mechanical forces within their environment. This chapter reviews the concept of mechanosensitivity as it pertains to stretch-activated channels and the possibility that they have barometric functions within the eye. The relevance of these concepts to the pressure-related eye disease of glaucoma is discussed.

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Tan, J. C. H., & Coroneo, M. T. (2008). Are Stretch-Activated Channels an Ocular Barometer? In Mechanosensitivity of the Nervous System (pp. 133–144). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8716-5_8

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