Evidence of flicker-induced functional hyperaemia in the smallest vessels of the human retinal blood supply

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Duan, Angelina ^a   Bedggood, Phillip A ^a   Bui, Bang V ^a   Metha, Andrew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEREMIA; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA CAPILLARY; RETINAL ARTERIOLE; VENULE; VISUAL STIMULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYSTOLE;

FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; RETINAL VESSELS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 84990886758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162621     Document Type: Article

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