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Indomethacin lowers optic nerve oxygen tension and reduces the effect of carbonic anhydrase inhibition and carbon dioxide breathing

D B Pedersen, T Eysteinsson, E Stefánsson, Jens Folke Kiilgaard, M La Cour, K Bang, P K Jensen

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Abstract

Prostaglandins are important in blood flow regulation. Carbon dioxide (CO(2)) breathing and carbonic anhydrase inhibition increase the oxygen tension in the retina and optic nerve. To study the mechanism of this effect and the role of cyclo-oxygenase in the regulation of optic nerve oxygen tension (ONPO(2)), the authors investigated how indomethacin affects ONPO(2) and the ONPO(2) increases caused by CO(2) breathing and carbonic anhydrase inhibition in the pig.
Original languageEnglish
JournalBritish Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume88
Issue number8
Pages (from-to)1088-91
Number of pages4
ISSN0007-1161
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004

Keywords

  • Animals
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors
  • Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors
  • Indomethacin
  • Optic Nerve
  • Oxygen
  • Swine

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