Molecular basis of glutamate toxicity in retinal ganglion cells

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 3483-3493

  Sucher, Nikolaus J ^b   Lipton, Stuart A ^a,b   Dreyer, Evan B ^c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell death; Excitotoxicity; Glutamate; N Methyl D Aspartate; Neurons; Retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; DIZOCILPINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; FLUNARIZINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROTOXIN; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; GLAUCOMA; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE LESION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INJURY; RETINA ISCHEMIA; SECOND MESSENGER;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL DEATH; FEEDBACK; GLUTAMIC ACID; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEUROTOXINS; RATS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030728050     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00047-3     Document Type: Article

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