Susceptibility of retinal ganglion cells to excitotoxicity depends on soma size and retinal eccentricity

Current Eye Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-65

  Vorwerk, C K ^a,d   Kreutz, M R ^a,b   Bockers T M ^c   Brosz, M ^a   Dreyer, E B ^d   Sabel, B A ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Excitotoxicity; Kainic acid; Morphometry; N methyl D aspartate; Rat; Retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

DRUG VEHICLE; EXCITOTOXIN; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; KAINIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; KAINIC ACID; MALE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEUROTOXINS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0033021741     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.19.1.59.5336     Document Type: Article

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