Role of nitric oxide in optic nerve head blood flow regulation while experimental increase of ocular perfusion pressure
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Background The involvement of nitric oxide (NO) in choroidal blood flow regulation during experimental increase of ocular perfusion pressure (OPP) has been shown in previous studies. It is also known that during isometric exercise, the inhibition of NO synthase (NOS) leads to a rightward shift of pressure-flow curves. In this study the influence of inhibited NOS on optic nerve head (ONH) blood flow during isometric exercise was investigated.
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