Vasomotion and spontaneous low-frequency oscillations in blood flow and nitric oxide in cat optic nerve head

Microvascular Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-112

  Buerk, Donald G ^a   Riva, Charles E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Institut de Recherche en Ophtalmologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Microcirculation; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase inhibitors; Optic nerve; Power spectrum; Tissue PO2, vasomotion

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EYE BLOOD FLOW; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0031817822     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mvre.1997.2053     Document Type: Article

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