Administration of nerve growth factor, brain-derived neurotrophic factor and insulin-like growth factor-II protects phosphate-activated glutaminase in the ischemic and reperfused rat retinas

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 227-236

  Tomita, Hiroshi ^a   Ishiguro, Sei Ichi ^a,b   Abe, Toshiaki ^a   Tamai, Makoto ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLUTAMINASE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN B;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINA; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GLUTAMINASE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINA; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 0033094514     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.187.227     Document Type: Article

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