The role of nitric oxide in hyperaemic response to flicker in the retina and optic nerve in cats

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 232-235

  Kondo, Mitsuhiro ^b   Wang, Lin ^a   Bill, Anders ^a,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Flicker; Nitric oxide; Optic nerve; Retinal blood flow

Indexed keywords

ARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPEREMIA; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0030745826     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1997.tb00762.x     Document Type: Article

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