Glaucoma alters the expression of NGF and NGF receptors in visual cortex and geniculate nucleus of rats: Effect of eye NGF application

Vision Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-63

  Sposato, Valentina ^a   Parisi, Vincenzo ^b   Manni, Luigi ^a   Antonucci, Maria Teresa ^a   Fausto, Veronica Di ^a   Sornelli, Federica ^a   Aloe, Luigi ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Lateral geniculate nucleus; Nerve growth factor; TrkA; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENICULATE NUCLEUS; GLAUCOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GENICULATE BODIES; GLAUCOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, TRKA; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 57049118997     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2008.09.024     Document Type: Article

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