Glutamate elevation in rabbit vitreous during transient ischemia-reperfusion

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 110-114

  Kageyama, Toshiyuki ^a   Ishikawa, Akira ^a   Tamai, Makoto ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glutamate; Glutamine; Ischemia; Retina; Vitreous

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REPERFUSION; RETINA ISCHEMIA; SYNAPSE; VITREOUS BODY;

ANIMALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; ISCHEMIA; MALE; RABBITS; REPERFUSION INJURY; TIME FACTORS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0034603543     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(99)00181-1     Document Type: Article

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