A novel organotypic culture model of the postnatal mouse retina allows the study of glutamate-mediated excitotoxicity

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-42

  Xin, Hua ^a   Yannazzo, Jo Ann S ^a   Duncan, R Scott ^a   Gregg, Elaine V ^a   Singh, Meharvan ^a   Koulen, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutamate mediated excitotoxicity; Organotypic culture; Retina explants; Retinal ganglion cells; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALBINDIN; CELL MARKER; EOSIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEMATOXYLIN; LAMININ; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; POLY DEXTRO LYSINE; PROTEIN KINASE C ALPHA; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DOSE RESPONSE; EXCITOTOXICITY; FROZEN SECTION; GLIA CELL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NEUROFILAMENT; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; STAINING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CULTURE MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NERVE DEGENERATION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 33751232028     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.06.013     Document Type: Article

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