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Aqueous Humor

Known as: Portion of aqueous humor, Aqueous Humors, Intraocular Fluid 
The clear, watery fluid which fills the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye. It has a refractive index lower than the crystalline lens, which… 
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Anterior chamber of eye structureExogenous intraocular FluidPortion of body substance
Aqueous FlareAqueous Humor DisordersCDISC SEND Biospecimens TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology

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Review
1996
Review
1996
Role of ion channels in aqueous humor formation.
The aqueous humor is secreted by the ciliary epithelium, a bilayered syncytial epithelium comprising a pigmented (PE) cell layer… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Intraoperative bacterial contamination of the aqueous humor.
Indigenous ocular flora has been presumed to be a source of infectious organisms in postoperative bacterial endophthalmitis… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
MMPs and proteinase inhibitors in the human aqueous humor.
PURPOSE This study was performed to examine the gelatinolytic and caseinolytic activities and the levels of two proteinase… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Inhibition of lymphocyte proliferation by aqueous humor.
Antigens introduced into the anterior chamber (AC) of the eye elicit systemic, antigen-specific suppression of delayed… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Calcitonin gene-related peptide in the eye: release by sensory nerve stimulation and effects associated with neurogenic inflammation
Review
1979
Review
1979
Experimental studies on the mechanism of action of timolol.
Highly Cited
1961
Highly Cited
1961
Steady state distribution of free amino acids in the aqueous humours, vitreous body and plasma of the rabbit.
Highly Cited
1957
Highly Cited
1957
The effect of acetazoleamide on the chemical composition of the aqueous humour and cerebrospinal fluid of some mammalian species and on the rate of turnover of 24na in these fluids
The carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, acetazoleamide (Diamox), causes striking and sustained falls in both intraocular (Becker, 1954… 
Highly Cited
1955
Highly Cited
1955
Posterior and anterior chamber aqueous humor formation.
Aqueous humor was once thought to be a dialysate of plasma, or to be secreted as such by the ciliary body in a manner analogous… 
Highly Cited
1949
Highly Cited
1949
The formation of the intraocular fluid.
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