A novel neuroprotective role of a small peptide from flesh fly, 5-S-GAD in the rat retina in vivo

Brain Research

Volumn 1240, Issue , 2008, Pages 196-203

  Koriyama, Yoshiki ^a   Tanii, Hideji ^a   Ohno, Mamoru ^b   Kimura, Takahito ^b   Kato, Satoru ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Teika Pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 S GAD; Akt; Neuroprotection; NMDA; Optic nerve injury; Retinal ganglion cell

Indexed keywords

N BETA ALANYL 5 S GLUTATHIONYL 3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FLY; GLAUCOMA; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CRUSH; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; DIPTERA; GLUTATHIONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NERVE CRUSH; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

RATTUS; SARCOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 54549091967     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.09.021     Document Type: Article

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