Nitric oxide synthase expression in the transient ischemic rat retina: Neuroprotection of betaxolol

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 330, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 265-269

  Cheon, Eun Woo ^a   Park, Chang Hwan ^a   Kang, Sang Soo ^a   Cho, Gyeong Jae ^a   Yoo, Ji Myong ^a   Song, Joon Kyung ^a   Choi, Wan Sung ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Betaxolol; Immunocytochemistry; Ischemia; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase; Neuroprotection; Rat; Retina

Indexed keywords

BETAXOLOL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPERFUSION; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA ISCHEMIA;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; BETAXOLOL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINA; RETINAL ARTERY;

EID: 0037183721     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00804-2     Document Type: Article

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