Retinal ganglion cell death induced by retinal ischemia: Neuroprotective effects of two alpha-2 agonists

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2001, Pages

  Vidal Sanz, Manuel ^a,b   Lafuente, María P ^a   Mayor, Sergio ^a   De Imperial, Jaime Miralles ^a   Villegas Pérez, María P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alpha 2 agonists; Cell death; Ganglion cells; Ischemia; Neuroprotection; Retinal

Indexed keywords

AGN 191103; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRIMONIDINE; FLUOROGOLD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; EYE DROPS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE; AGN 191 103; DRUG VEHICLE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL LEVEL; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; LIGATION; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ISCHEMIA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINA DISEASE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLUORESCENCE; OPTIC NERVE; RETINA;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0034762293     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6257(01)00205-3     Document Type: Article

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