title: [Experimental investigations on the mode of action of alcoholic liquor on the intra-ocular pressure (author's transl)].
abstract: The reasons for the decrease of intraocular pressure after drinking of alcohol were examined. The dose of alcohol was 2 ml 38% Weinbrand per kg body weight, which corresponds to 53 ml pure alcohol for a person of 70 kg body weight. The tonographic data gave no correlation between the blood-alcohol level and the changes of intraocular pressure. The antidiuretic hormon also had no correlation to the intraocular pressure changes. Tonometry with the same frequency as in this study but without alcohol showed no alteration of intraocular pressure. It is suggested that alcohol acts probably by a decrease of secretion of aqueous humour by central actions.
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D001082:Aqueous Humor / Q000378:metabolism; D001835:Body Weight; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D014667:Vasopressins; D000431:Ethanol
vernacular_title: Experimentelle Untersuchungen zur Wirkungsweise alkoholischer Getränke auf den Augeninnendruck.