Light Damage in the Rat Retina: Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein Accumulates in Müller Cells in Correlation with Photoreceptor Damage

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 99-107

  de Raad, Saskia ^a   Szczesny, Piotr J ^b   Munz, Kurt ^b   Remé, Charlotte E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Light; Photoreceptor damage; Pineal; Retina

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT DAMAGE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA INJURY;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MALE; NEUROGLIA; PHOTORECEPTORS; PINEAL GLAND; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION;

EID: 0029932929     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000267881     Document Type: Article

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