S-Adenosyl-l-methionine restores photoreceptor function following acute retinal ischemia

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 429-441

  Moxon Lester, Leith ^a   Takamoto, Kei ^a   Colditz, Paul B ^a   Bnett, Nigel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Creatine; Ischemia; Neuroprotection; Photoreceptors; Retina; S adenosyl L methionine(SAMe)

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; CREATINE; CREATINE TRANSPORTER 1; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINA CONE; RETINA ISCHEMIA; RETINA ROD; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BLINDNESS; CREATINE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAOCULAR; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; ISCHEMIA; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; METHYLATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RATS; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINAL VESSELS; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951116592     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523809990241     Document Type: Article

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