In vivo and in vitro experiments show that betaxolol is a retinal neuroprotective agent

Brain Research

Volumn 751, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 113-123

  Osborne, N N ^a   Cazevieille, C ^a   Carvalho, A L ^c   Larsen, A K ^a   Desantis, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ALCON RESEARCH LTD   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

betaxolol; ischemia; neuroprotective agent; retina

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BETAXOLOL; CALCIUM; CALRETININ; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DIZOCILPINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FETUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; RETINA ISCHEMIA;

ANIMALS; BETAXOLOL; CALCIUM; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CELL HYPOXIA; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE; EYE PROTEINS; GLUTAMIC ACID; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NEUROTOXINS; OXYGEN; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYMPATHOLYTICS;

EID: 0030894739     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01393-5     Document Type: Article

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