Alterations of amino acids and glutamate transport in the DBA/2J mouse retina; possible clues to degeneration

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 245, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1157-1168

  Schuettauf, Frank ^a   Thaler, Sebastian ^a   Bolz, Sylvia ^a   Fries, Julia ^a   Kalbacher, Hubert ^b   Mankowska, Anna ^c   Zurakowski, David ^d   Zrenner, Eberhart ^a   Rejdak, Robert ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Medizinisch Naturwissenschaftliches Forschungszentrum   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Amino acid; DBA 2Jmice; Excitotoxicity; Glutamate transporters; Retinal degeneration

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 3; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 3; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 4; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; LYSINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; SERINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DBA 2 MOUSE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA DEGENERATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 34447119417     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-006-0531-z     Document Type: Article

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