The effect of oxygen and light on the structure and function of the neonatal rat retina

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-54

  Dorfman, A L ^a   Joly, S ^a   Hardy, P ^b   Chemtob, S ^a,b   Lachapelle, Pierre ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electroretinogram; Histology; Light; Neonatal rat; Oxygen; Retinopathy

Indexed keywords

8 ISOPROSTANE PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; ANTIOXIDANT; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CALPAIN 2; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FREE RADICAL; ISOPROSTANE; OXYGEN; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; THROMBOXANE; TRANS ARACHIDONIC ACID; TROLOX C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

A WAVE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; B WAVE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; GENE FUNCTION; HYPEROXIA; LIGHT ADAPTATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHOTOPIC VISION; PHOTORECEPTOR; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA INJURY; RETINA VASCULITIS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RETINOPATHY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISOPROSTANES; LIGHT; OXYGEN; PLATELET ACTIVATING FACTOR; RATS; RETINA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; THROMBOXANE A2; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 59049086586     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10633-008-9128-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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