Reduced NGF level and TrkA protein and TrkA gene expression in the optic nerve of rats with experimentally induced glaucoma

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 446, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-24

  Sposato, Valentina ^a   Bucci, Massimo Gilberto ^b   Coassin, Marco ^c   Russo, Matteo Antonio ^d   Lambiase, Alessandro ^c   Aloe, Luigi ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^d IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intraocular pressure (IOP); Neurotrophins; NGF receptor (NGFR); Retinal ganglion cell (RGC)

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLAUCOMA; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLAUCOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; OPTIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, TRKA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC;

EID: 53549116427     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.09.024     Document Type: Article

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