Loss of melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cells in a rat glaucoma model

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1015-1019

  Wang, Huai Zhou ^a   Lu, Qing Jun ^a   Wang, Ning Li ^a   Liu, Hong ^b   Zhang, Ling ^a   Zhan, Gui Lin ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intraocular pressure; Melanopsin; Retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD; MELANOPSIN; OPSIN;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DAMAGE; CELL LABELING; CELL LOSS; CELL TYPE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLAUCOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TONOMETER; VISUAL SYSTEM; WISTAR RAT; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPSIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 50549098129     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200806010-00010     Document Type: Article

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