Multifaceted roles of nitric oxide in the lateral geniculate nucleus: From visual signal transduction to neuronal apoptosis

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 139, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 163-173

  Nucci, C ^a   Morrone, L ^b   Rombola L ^b   Nistico R ^a,b   Piccirilli, S ^a   Cerulli, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Glaucoma; Lateral geniculate nucleus; Monocular deprivation; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; CELL LOSS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DISEASE; GLAUCOMA; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE CELL; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; GENICULATE BODIES; GLAUCOMA; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0345701249     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(02)00430-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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