Oxygen Saturation in Human Retinal Vessels Is Higher in Dark Than in Light
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science2009Vol. 50(5), pp. 2308–2308
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Sveinn Hákon Hardarson, S. Basit, Thora Elisabet Jonsdottir, Þór Eysteinsson, Gísli H. Halldórsson, Robert Arnar Karlsson, James M. Beach, Jón Atli Benediktsson, Einar Stefánsson
Abstract
Oxygen saturation in retinal blood vessels is higher in dark than in 80 or 100 cd/m(2) light in human retinal arterioles and venules. The authors propose that this is a consequence of increased oxygen demand in the outer retina in the dark.
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