Neuronal activity influences hemodynamics in the paraoptic short posterior ciliary arteries: A comparison between healthy and glaucomatous subjects

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 5846-5850

  Zeitz, Oliver ^a   Mayer, Jeannette ^a   Hufnagel, Doreen ^a   Praga, Ralf ^a   Wagenfeld, Lars ^a   Galambos, Peter ^a   Wiermann, Anne ^a   Rebel, Claudia ^a   Richard, Gisbert ^a   Klemm, Maren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY; CILIARY ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE BLOOD FLOW; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; SHORT POSTERIOR CILIARY ARTERY; VOLUNTEER; ADULT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CILIARY ARTERIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; RETINAL ARTERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 73349129375     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-3696     Document Type: Article

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