Removal of melatonin receptor type 1 increases intraocular pressure and retinal ganglion cells death in the mouse

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 494, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-64

  Alcantara Contreras, Susana ^a   Baba, Kenkichi ^a   Tosini, Gianluca ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ganglion cells; Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Melatonin; Melatonin receptors

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT1; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 79953045716     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.02.056     Document Type: Article

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