Expression of ciliary neurotrophic factor after induction of ocular hypertension in the retina of rats

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 1825-1829

  Wu, Qiang ^a   Zhang, Min ^a   Song, Bei Wen ^a   Lu, Bin ^a   Hu, Ping ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ciliary neurotrophic factor; Glaucoma; Ocular hypertension; Retina; Sprague Dawley rats

Indexed keywords

CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLAUCOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 36148988006     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200710020-00019     Document Type: Article

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