N-methyl-D-aspartate-induced excitotoxicity causes myopia in hatched chicks

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 373-377

  Fischer, Andy J ^a   Seltner, Ruth L P ^a   Stell, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chickens; Excitotoxicity; Form deprivation myopia; Myopia; NMDA; Retina

Indexed keywords

EXCITOTOXIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; MYOPIA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

EID: 0031441295     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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