Preservation of retinal morphology and functions in Royal College Surgeons rat by nilvadipine, a CA2+ antagonist

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 919-926

  Yamazaki, Hitoshi ^a   Ohguro, Hiroshi ^a   Maeda, Tadao ^a   Maruyama, Ikuyo ^a   Takano, Yoshiko ^a   Metoki, Tomomi ^a   Nakazawa, Mitsuru ^a   Sawada, Hajime ^a   Dezawa, Mari ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CASPASE 2; DILTIAZEM; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; NICARDIPINE; NIFEDIPINE; NILVADIPINE; RHODOPSIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CASPASE 1; CASPASE 2; CASPASES; CRYSTALLINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; NIFEDIPINE; PROTEIN KINASES; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RETINA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOPSIN KINASE; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0036207337     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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