Nitric oxide regulates retinal vascular tone in humans

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 285, Issue 2 54-2, 2003, Pages

  Dorner, Guido T ^a   Garhofer, Gerhard ^a   Kiss, Barbara ^a   Polska, Elzbieta ^a   Polak, Kaija ^a   Riva, Charles E ^c   Schmetterer, Leopold ^a,b,d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Institut de Recherche en Ophtalmologie   (Switzerland)

^d NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Human retinal blood flow; Luminance flicker; Retinal vessel analyzer; Retinal vessel diameter

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0038299371     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00111.2003     Document Type: Article

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