The growth factor response in ischemic rat retina and superior colliculus after brimonidine pre-treatment

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 71, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 208-218

  Lönngren, Ulrika ^a   Näpänkangas, Ulla ^a   Lafuente, Maria ^b   Mayor, Sergio ^b   Lindqvist, Niclas ^a   Vidal Sanz, Manuel ^b   Hallböök, Finn ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

2 Adrenergic receptor agonist; Injury; Neurotrophic factor; Real time PCR; Tyrosine kinase receptors; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CYTOPROTECTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OPTIC NERVE; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 33750993499     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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