Nitric oxide, microglial activities and neuronal cell death in the lateral geniculate nucleus of glaucomatous rats

Brain Research

Volumn 878, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 136-147

  Wang, Xu ^a   Sam Wah Tay, Samuel ^a   Ng, Yee Kong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Lateral geniculate nucleus; Microglia; Neuron; Nitric oxide synthase; Rat

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLAUCOMA; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MALE; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMAL; CELL DEATH; GENICULATE BODIES; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MICROGLIA; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0343278993     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02727-X     Document Type: Article

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