Changes in NMDA receptor contribution to synaptic transmission in the brain in a rat model of glaucoma

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 344-351

  Georgiou, A L ^a   Guo, L ^a   Cordeiro, M F ^a   Salt, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Glutamate; NMDA receptors; Retinal degeneration; Retinal ganglion cell; Rodent visual system; Superior colliculus; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; STIMULATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77954959101     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2010.04.019     Document Type: Article

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