| abstract |
A novel pharmacological effect of an α 1 receptor blockernis found out. As the results of studies on the novelnpharmacological effect of the α 1 receptor blocker, it is clarifiednthat this blocker has an effect of protecting optic nerve. Thus,nthe α 1 receptor blocker is expected as being useful in opticnnerve protecting agents to be used in treating retinal diseasentypified by normal tension glaucoma, retinal blood vesselnocclusion, diabetic retinophathy ischemic optic neuropathy,nmacular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa and Leber's disease. |