The lens as an osmometer and the effects of medium osmolarity on water transport, 86Rb efflux and 86Rb transport by the lens

Biochim Biophys Acta. 1968 Jun 11;150(4):705-22. doi: 10.1016/0005-2736(68)90060-6.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biological Transport
  • Glucose / metabolism
  • Hypotonic Solutions
  • Isotonic Solutions
  • Lens, Crystalline / cytology
  • Lens, Crystalline / physiology*
  • Osmolar Concentration
  • Osmosis*
  • Permeability
  • Potassium / metabolism
  • Rabbits
  • Radioisotopes
  • Rubidium / metabolism*
  • Sodium / metabolism
  • Water / metabolism

Substances

  • Hypotonic Solutions
  • Isotonic Solutions
  • Radioisotopes
  • Water
  • Sodium
  • Glucose
  • Rubidium
  • Potassium