Functional rescue of N-methyl-N-nitrosourea-induced retinopathy by nicotinamide in Sprague-Dawley rats

Current Eye Research

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 355-362

  Kiuchi, Katsuji ^a   Kondo, Mineo ^b   Ueno, Shinji ^b   Moriguchi, Kaei ^a   Yoshizawa, Katsuhiko ^c   Miyake, Yozo ^b   Matsumura, Miyo ^a   Tsubura, Airo ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c ASTELLAS PHARMA INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electroretinogram; N methyl N nitrosourea; Nicotinamide; Retinitis pigmentosa; Retinopathy

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; METHYLNITROSOUREA; NICOTINAMIDE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SODIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RETINOPATHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALKYLATING AGENTS; ANIMALS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; METHYLNITROSOUREA; NIACINAMIDE; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 0042167367     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.26.5.355.15435     Document Type: Article

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