Synaptic degeneration of retinal ganglion cells in a rat ocular hypertension glaucoma model

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 575-581

  Fu, Qing Ling ^a,b   Li, Xin ^b   Shi, Jianbo ^b   Xu, Geng ^b   Wen, Weiping ^b   Lee, Daniel H S ^c   So, Kwok Fai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (China)

Author keywords

C fos; Glaucoma; Ocular hypertension; Retinal ganglion cell; Synapse

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER COAGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NERVE DEGENERATION; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPSES;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 67449159225     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-009-9349-7     Document Type: Article

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