Neuroprotective effect of treatment with calcium antagonists on hypertensive retina

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 727-740

  Sabbatini, Maurizio ^a   Tomassoni, Daniele ^a   Di Tullio, Maria Antonietta ^a   Amenta, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Brain; Dihydropyridines; Retina; SHR

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HYDRALAZINE; LERCANIDIPINE; MANIDIPINE; NICARDIPINE; NIMODIPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ASTROCYTE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HYPERTENSION RETINOPATHY; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; RAT; RETINA; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIHYDROPYRIDINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEART RATE; HYDRALAZINE; MALE; NEURONS; NICARDIPINE; NIMODIPINE; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036815435     PISSN: 10641963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CEH-120015348     Document Type: Conference Paper

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