NEUROPEPTIDE CONTROL OF OCULAR GROWTH

摘要

A method and medicaments for inhibition of abnormal postnatal ocular growth are disclosed. The method for inhibition of abnormal postnatal ocular growth comprises administering to the eye of an animal effective amount of VIP, PHI or analogue of these peptides. The medicaments of the invention comprise therapeutically effective amounts of a compound selected from the group consisting of vasoactive intestinal peptide, PHI and ocular growth inhibiting analogues of vasoactive intestinal peptide and PHI.