Memantine reduces alterations to the mammalian retina, in situ, induced by ischemia

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-52

  Osborne, Neville N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Memantine; Protection; Rabbit; Retinal ischemia

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MEMANTINE; PROTEIN KINASE C; THY 1 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RABBIT; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINA; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; VITREOUS BODY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, THY-1; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE AGENTS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MEMANTINE; PROTEIN KINASE C; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINA; RETINAL VESSELS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0033038186     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523899161017     Document Type: Article

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