Minocycline delays death of retinal ganglion cells in experimental glaucoma and after optic nerve transection

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 520-526

  Levkovitch Verbin, Hani ^a   Kalev Landoy, Maia ^b   Habot Wilner, Zohar ^b   Melamed, Shlomo ^b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINOCYCLINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLAUCOMA; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SAFETY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLAUCOMA; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MINOCYCLINE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 33645889640     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.124.4.520     Document Type: Article

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