Effect of increased oxygen tension on flicker-induced vasodilatation in the human retina

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1914-1918

  Palkovits, Stefan ^a   Told, Reinhard ^a   Boltz, Agnes ^a   Schmidl, Doreen ^a   Popa Cherecheanu, Alina ^b   Schmetterer, Leopold ^a   Garhöfer, Gerhard ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

hemodynamics; neurovascular coupling; physiology

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANALYZER; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BREATHING; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEROXIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPHTHALMOLOGICAL GENERAL EQUIPMENT; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA VEIN; RETINAL VESSEL ANALYZER; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN DILATATION; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; METABOLISM; OXIMETRY; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROXIA; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINA; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL VEIN; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927178558     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2014.161     Document Type: Article

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