Changes in choroidal blood flow during light/dark transitions are not altered by atropine or propranolol in healthy subjects

Vision Research

Volumn 43, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 2185-2190

  Fuchsjäger Mayrl, Gabriele ^a   Malec, Magdalena ^a   Amoako Mensah, Tina ^a   Kolodjaschna, Julia ^a   Schmetterer, Leopold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Choroidal blood flow; Human; Light dark transitions; Neuronal mechanisms

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOROID; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; EYE BLOOD FLOW; EYE FUNDUS; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA;

EID: 0037972034     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(03)00332-8     Document Type: Article

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