ISSN:
1420-9071
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Summary In 7 healthy volunteers 4% morphine eye-drops, when administered to one eye, caused a miosis limited to that eye. In 7 other healthy volunteers morphine was administered into one eye after bilateral instillation of 0.5% homatropine opthalmic drops; the eye treated with morphine and homatropine showed a mydriasis less intense than the other eye treated only with homatropine. It is suggested that topical morphine locally affects sympathetic function by inhibiting noradrenaline release into the iris neuromuscular junction.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01949747
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