Propranolol and atropine do not alter choroidal blood flow regulation during isometric exercise in healthy humans

Microvascular Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-44

  Polska, Elzbieta ^a   Luksch, Alexandra ^a   Schering, Joanne ^a   Frank, Barbara ^a   Imhof, Andrea ^a   Fuchsjäger Mayrl, Gabriele ^a   Wolzt, Michael ^a   Schmetterer, Leopold ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Choroidal blood flow; Human; Isometric exercise; Laser Doppler flowmetry

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; ATROPINSULFAT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BODY POSITION; CALCULATION; CHOROID VASCULARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG MECHANISM; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RANDOMIZATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; ATROPINE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHOROID; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; PROPRANOLOL; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0037288826     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-2862(02)00010-9     Document Type: Article

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