Effect of cholinergic drugs on outflow facility after ciliary ganglionectomy

Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1988 Mar;29(3):491-4.

Abstract

In cynomolgus monkeys, resting total outflow facility was unaltered 1 and 6 or more months after ciliary ganglionectomy (CG) or postganglionic ciliary neurectomy (PCN). Intraocular pressure (IOP) was decreased in the denervated eye 1 week and 1 month after surgery, but returned to normal after 6 or more months. Although baseline facilities were comparable in CG/PCN and fellow control eyes 6 or more months after surgery, even maximal intracameral doses of pilocarpine did not increase outflow facility in previously denervated eyes, while a normal facility increase occurred in fellow control eyes. However, both previously denervated and fellow control eyes exhibited a large facility increase to both submaximal and greater than maximal intracameral doses of eserine.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Ciliary Body / drug effects*
  • Ciliary Body / innervation
  • Ciliary Body / physiology
  • Ganglia, Parasympathetic / surgery*
  • Macaca fascicularis
  • Physostigmine / pharmacology*
  • Pilocarpine / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Pilocarpine
  • Physostigmine