Role of NO in choroidal blood flow regulation during isometric exercise in healthy humans

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 734-739

  Luksch, Alexandra ^a   Polska, Elzbieta ^a   Imhof, Andrea ^a   Schering, Joanne ^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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHOROID VASCULARIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG INFUSION; ENZYME INHIBITION; EYE BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOROID; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; PHENYLEPHRINE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 0037309998     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.02-0177     Document Type: Article

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