Topical flunarizine reduces IOP and protects the retina against ischemia-excitotoxicity

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1456-1464

  Osborne, Neville N ^a   Wood, John P M ^a   Cupido, Alexander ^a   Melena, José ^a   Chidlow, Glyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAXOLOL; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FLUNARIZINE; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NIFEDIPINE; PARVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; B WAVE; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; MEASUREMENT; NERVE CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RABBIT; RAT; RETINA ISCHEMIA; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, THY-1; BETAXOLOL; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FLUNARIZINE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NIFEDIPINE; PARVALBUMINS; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER; SODIUM; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0036241129     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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