Oxygen delivery to the fish eye: Root effect as crucial factor for elevated retinal PO2

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 4035-4047

  Waser, W ^a   Heisler, N ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avascular retina; Ocular oxygen partial pressure; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Rainbow trout

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROELECTRODE; MORPHOMETRICS; PERFUSION; PRESSURE; RAINBOW TROUT; RETINA;

ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; DIFFUSION; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; MICROELECTRODES; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PERFUSION; RETINA;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 28444436271     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01874     Document Type: Article

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