Expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in cholinergic and dopaminergic amacrine cells in the rat retina and the effects of constant light rearing

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 335-343

  Fujieda, Hiroki ^a   Sasaki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

amacrine cell; brain derived neurotrophic factor; cholinergic; constant light; development; dopaminergic; immunohistochemistry; retina

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CYCLIC AMP; FORSKOLIN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; VISION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 39149088923     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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