"Nictitating Membrane" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A fold of the mucous membrane of the CONJUNCTIVA in many animals. At rest, it is hidden in the medial canthus. It can extend to cover part or all of the cornea to help clean the CORNEA.
| Descriptor ID |
D009541
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A13.660
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| Concept/Terms |
Nictitating Membrane- Nictitating Membrane
- Membrane, Nictitating
- Membranes, Nictitating
- Nictitating Membranes
- Third Eyelid
- Eyelid, Third
- Eyelids, Third
- Third Eyelids
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nictitating Membrane" by people in Profiles.
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Pharmacological evidence of a role for prejunctional imidazoline (I(1)) receptors in ocular function. Curr Eye Res. 2002 Nov; 25(5):267-70.
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Lisuride acts at multiple sites to induce ocular hypotension and mydriasis. Pharmacology. 1998 Nov; 57(5):249-60.
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Ocular actions of moxonidine: a possible role for imidazoline receptors. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 1994 Jun; 269(3):897-904.
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Ocular hypotensive action of a dopaminergic (DA2) agonist, 2,10,11-trihydroxy-N-n-propylnoraporphine. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 1993 Nov; 267(2):822-7.
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Ocular actions of an octahydrobenzo[f]quinoline: Ha117. Eur J Pharmacol. 1993 May 12; 236(1):61-8.
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Pharmacological evidence for heterogeneity of ocular alpha 2 adrenoceptors. Curr Eye Res. 1992 Oct; 11(10):963-70.
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Medetomidine-induced alterations of intraocular pressure and contraction of the nictitating membrane. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1991 Sep; 32(10):2799-805.
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Ocular inhibitory effects of the dopamine DA2 agonist (Ha-118) in cats and rabbits. J Auton Pharmacol. 1990 Jun; 10(3):153-61.
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Prejunctional adrenoceptor activity of N-0437: a relatively selective DA2 dopamine receptor agonist. Eur J Pharmacol. 1990 Mar 27; 178(3):351-5.
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Cianergoline lowers intraocular pressure in rabbits and monkeys and inhibits contraction of the cat nictitans by suppressing sympathetic neuronal function. J Ocul Pharmacol. 1987; 3(4):309-21.