Microspheres method for ocular blood flow measurement in rats: Size and dose optimization

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 108-117

  Wang, Lin ^a   Fortune, Brad ^a   Cull, Grant ^a   McElwain, Kyle M ^a   Cioffi, George A ^a  

^a DEVERS EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

blood flow; choroid; microsphere method; optic nerve; retina

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; EYE BLOOD FLOW; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RETINA; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOROID; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EYE; MALE; MICROSPHERES; OPTIC NERVE; PARTICLE SIZE; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 33751242441     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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