Inhibition of Muller cell glutamine synthetase rapidly impairs the retinal response to light

GLIA

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 64-73

  Barnett, Nigel L ^a   Pow, David V ^a   Robinson, Stephen R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

B wave; Electroretinogram; Glia; Glutamate; Rat; Retina

Indexed keywords

BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; RETINA; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033622189     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(200003)30:1<64::AID-GLIA7>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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