Nitrate therapy may retard glaucomatous optic neuropathy, perhaps through modulation of glutamate receptors

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1489-1494

  Zurakowski, David ^a   Vorwerk, Christian K ^b   Gorla, Madhu ^b   Kanellopoulos, Anastasios John ^c   Chaturvedi, Neena ^c   Grosskreutz, Cynthia L ^c   Lipton, Stuart A ^c,d   Dreyer, Evan B ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Cerebrovascular and Neurosci R   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Glutamate; Nitroglycerin

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

AGED; CELL DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL FIELD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NITROGLYCERIN; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0032078973     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(98)00003-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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