A prodrug of a selective inhibitor of inducible nitric oxide synthase is neuroprotective in the rat model of glaucoma

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 221-225

  Neufeld, Arthur H ^a   Das, Sucharita ^a   Vora, Smita ^a   Gachie, Elizabeth ^a   Kawai, Shin ichiro ^a   Manning, Pamela T ^a   Connor, Jane R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

L NIL; Neuroprotection; Nitric oxide; Retinal ganglion cell; SC 51

Indexed keywords

N 6 (1 IMINOETHYL)LYSINE 5 TETRAZOLE AMIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; SC 51; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036284894     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-200206000-00010     Document Type: Article

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