Head-up tilt lowers IOP and improves RGC dysfunction in glaucomatous DBA/2J mice

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 452-460

  Porciatti, Vittorio ^a   Nagaraju, Mahesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DBA 2J; Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Mouse; Pattern electroretinogram; Retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DBA 2 MOUSE; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; GLAUCOMA; HEAD TILTING; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TIME;

AGING; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GLAUCOMA; HEAD; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; POSTURE; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TIME FACTORS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 77649193406     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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