Increased expression of ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor α mRNA in the ischemic rat retina

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 283, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-136

  Ju, Won Kyu ^a   Lee, Mun Yong ^a   Hofmann, Hans Dieter ^b   Kirsch, Matthias ^b   Oh, Su Ja ^a   Chung, Jin Woong ^c   Chun, Myung Hoon ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor mRNA; Elevated intraocular pressure; In situ hybridization; Rat; Retina

Indexed keywords

CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CELL; RETINA ISCHEMIA;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISCHEMIA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; REPERFUSION; RETINA; RETINAL VESSELS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0034616048     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)00931-9     Document Type: Article

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