Role of ammonia in reversal of glutamate-mediated Müller cell swelling in the rat retina

GLIA

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-50

  Izumi, Yukitoshi ^a   Matsukawa, Mio ^a   Benz, Ann M ^a   Izumi, Masayo ^a   Ishikawa, Makoto ^b   Olney, John W ^a   Zorumski, Charles F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Glia; Glutamate; Glutamine; M ller cells; Retina

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SWELLING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EX VIVO STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MUELLER CELL; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA CELL; RETINA DEGENERATION; ANIMAL; CELL DEATH; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; HYPOTHERMIA; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA DISEASE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELL SIZE; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HYPOTHERMIA; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 6044258029     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.20052     Document Type: Article

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