Ganglion cell apoptosis and increased number of NADPH-d-positive neurones in the rodent retina in an experimental model of glaucoma

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica, Supplement

Volumn 80, Issue 236, 2002, Pages 47-48

  Palanza, L ^a   Nuzzi, R ^a   Repici, M ^a   Vercelli, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 2; CASPASE 3; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; DNA FRAGMENT; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOS1 PROTEIN, RAT; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLAUCOMA; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; RETINA; WISTAR RAT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLAUCOMA; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0036362782     PISSN: 13953931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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