Plasma-skimming in retinal vessels induced by artificial oxygenation¹

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Lemmingson, W.

Affiliations: Department of Anatomy, University of Wuerzburg

Note: [1] Supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. MERK AG, Darmstadt/Germany.

Abstract: A report is given on a microcirculatory phenomenon which can be provoked by application of high-concentrated oxygenation. It occurs in the retinal vascular system in very young cats. Although this phenomenon shows typical criteria of plasma-skimming in the capillary bed, it is accompanied by well-marked changes in the main vessels, i.e., a narrowing of the axial red-cell stream and the widening of the marginal plasma zone in the lumen of vessels. The basic suggestion of the genesis of this phenomenon is discussed.

DOI: 10.3233/BIR-1968-5104

Journal: Biorheology, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 75-78, 1968