Disturbances in the distribution of neurotransmitters in the rat retina after ischemia

Current Eye Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 589-596

  Perlman, Jay I ^a,b,c   McCole, Shannon M ^a   Pulluru, Padma ^a   Chang, Cheng Jong ^a   Lam, Tim T ^a   Tso, Mark O M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Excitatory amino acids; Glutamate; Immunocytochemistry; Muller cell; Rat; Retinal ischemia

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MUELLER CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA ISCHEMIA;

EID: 0029796092     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713689609008898     Document Type: Article

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