Sustained upregulation of glial fibrillary acidic protein in Müller cells in pigeon retina following disruption of the parasympathetic control of choroidal blood flow

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1017-1030

  Kimble, Toya D H ^a   Fitzgerald, Malinda E C ^a,b   Reiner, Anton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

choroidal blood flow; glial fibrillary acidic protein; m ller cells; parasympathetic innervation; retina

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHOROID VASCULARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUELLER CELL; MYDRIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA INJURY; UPREGULATION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; CHOROID; CILIARY BODY; COLUMBIDAE; EYE PROTEINS; GANGLIA, PARASYMPATHETIC; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINA; UP-REGULATION; VASODILATION;

EID: 33748679726     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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