Open AccessDietary treatment of atherosclerosis abolishes hyperresponsiveness of retinal blood vessels to serotonin in monkeys.
Author(s) -
Frank M. Faraci,
Mark L. Armstrong,
Donald D. Heistad
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.22.11.1405
Subject(s) - medicine , serotonin , retinal , blood vessel , pathology , endocrinology , ophthalmology , receptor
Atherosclerosis alters vascular responses of the eye to serotonin. Augmented vasoconstrictor responses in the retina to serotonin are associated with functional impairment and may contribute to amaurosis fugax. The goal of this study was to test the hypothesis that dietary treatment of atherosclerosis restores vascular responses of the eye toward normal.
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