α2-Adrenergic agonists induce basic fibroblast growth factor expression in photoreceptors in vivo and ameliorate light damage

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 5986-5992

  Wen, Rong ^a   Cheng, Tong ^b,c   Li, Yiwen ^c   Cao, Wei ^b,c   Steinberg, Roy H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bFGF; brain; clonidine; degeneration; photoreceptors; ra t; retina; xylazine; 2 adrenergic receptors

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CLONIDINE; XYLAZINE; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIGHT DAMAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RETINA;

EID: 0029788373     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-19-05986.1996     Document Type: Article

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