A high dietary intake of sodium glutamate as flavoring (Ajinomoto) causes gross changes in retinal morphology and function

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 307-315

  Ohguro, Hiroshi ^a   Katsushima, Harumi ^b   Maruyama, Ikuyo ^a   Maeda, Tadao ^c   Yanagihashi, Satsuki ^a   Metoki, Tomomi ^a   Nakazawa, Mitsuru ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Katsushima Eye Clinic   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Electrophysiology; Ganglion cell; Glaucoma; Glutamate

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FLAVORING AGENT; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE SODIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DESTRUCTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; STAINING; THICKNESS; TIME; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0036402918     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4835(02)92017-8     Document Type: Article

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