Vascular reactivity of optic nerve head and retinal blood vessels in glaucoma-A review

Microcirculation

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 568-581

  Venkataraman, Subha T ^a,b   Flanagan, John G ^a,b   Hudson, Chris ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Optic nerve head; Retina; Vascular reactivity

Indexed keywords

DORZOLAMIDE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENDOTHELIN 1; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; VASCULOTROPIN;

BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; COLD STRESS; DRUG MECHANISM; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPEROXIA; INTERFEROMETRY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; REVIEW; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; VASODILATATION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FLICKER FUSION; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPEROXIA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS; VASODILATION;

EID: 78649410483     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: 15498719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-8719.2010.00045.x     Document Type: Review

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