Effect of hypercholesterolemia on inducible nitric oxide synthase expression in a rat model of elevated intraocular pressure

Vision Research

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1107-1114

  Yücel, Iclal ^a   Akar, Yusuf ^a   Yücel, Gültekin ^a   Çiftçioǧlu, M Akif ^a   Keleş, Nuran ^a   Aslan, Mutay ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Hypercholesterolemia; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MALONALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA; STAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 13544259673     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2004.11.018     Document Type: Article

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