Horizontal cells of the rat retina are resistant to degenerative processes induced by ischemia-reperfusion

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 260, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-128

  Chun, Myung Hoon ^a   Kim, In Beom ^a   Ju, Won Kyun ^a   Kim, Keun Young ^a   Lee, Mun Yong ^a   Joo, Cheon Ki ^a   Chung, Jin Woong ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Calbindin D(28k); Horizontal cell; Ischemia; Rat; Retina

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL PROTECTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINA CELL; RETINA ISCHEMIA;

ALBINISM; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; EYE PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE TISSUE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINAL DEGENERATION;

EID: 0033613718     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00973-2     Document Type: Article

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