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EFFECTS OF NOREPINEPHRINE, ANGIOTENSIN, DIHYDROERGOTAMINE, PAPAVERINE, ISOPROTERENOL, HISTAMINE, NICOTINIC ACID, AND XANTHINOL NICOTINATE ON RETINAL OXYGEN TENSION IN CATS
Author(s) -
ALM ALBERT
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1972.tb06611.x
Subject(s) - cats , dihydroergotamine , papaverine , chemistry , histamine , norepinephrine , angiotensin ii , oxygen tension , phentolamine , retinal , medicine , vasodilation , endocrinology , anesthesia , propranolol , oxygen , blood pressure , biochemistry , migraine , organic chemistry , dopamine
The oxygen tension in the vitreous body close to the retina, P vrO2 , was determined continuously in cats. The effects on P vrO2 of intraarterial injections of various vasoactive drugs were determined. The vasoconstrictors norepinephrine, angiotensin and dihydroergotamine did not change P vrO2 in five cats. The same result was obtained with the vasodilators isoproterenol, histamine and xanthinol nicotinate in five cats, and with nicotinic acid in six cats, while papaverine invariably increased P vrO2 in seven cats when injected intraarterially and in two cats when injected intravenously. It is suggested that the ability to penetrate the blood‐retinal barrier may play an important role in determining the effect of vaso‐active drugs on retinal blood flow.