A role for aquaporin-4 in fluid regulation in the inner retina

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-165

  Goodyear, Melinda J ^a   Crewther, Sheila G ^a   Junghans, Barbara M ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

AQP4; Fluid homeostasis; Kir4.1; M ller cells; Retina

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; NEUROTRANSMITTER; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

BRAIN; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GLIA CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MUELLER CELL; MYOPIA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA; REVIEW; WATER TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; AQUEOUS HUMOR; FLUID SHIFT; GLIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 4; AQUEOUS HUMOR; FLUID SHIFTS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MYOPIA; NEUROGLIA; POTASSIUM; RETINA; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 67649397759     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523809090038     Document Type: Review

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