Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
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Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. · Sep 2003
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialEffect of intravenous administration of sodium-lactate on retinal blood flow in healthy subjects.
The present study was designed to investigate the effect of intravenously administered sodium lactate on ocular blood flow. ⋯ The data indicate that intravenously administered sodium lactate increases retinal blood flow. Whether this is related to a cytosolic redox impairment or to other hitherto unidentified mechanism remains to be clarified. Further studies are needed to determine whether lactate plays a role in regulation of choroidal blood flow.