Age-dependent rat retinal ganglion cell susceptibility to apoptotic stimuli: Implications for glaucoma

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 243-251

  Guerin, Marc B ^a   Donovan, Maryanne ^a   Mckernan, Declan P ^a   O'Brien, Colm J ^b   Cotter, Thomas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Development; Neurotrophin; Retina; Retinal ganglion cell

Indexed keywords

APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM IONOPHORE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; EX VIVO STUDY; EXCITOTOXICITY; EXPLANT; GLAUCOMA; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; RAT; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE-ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIMYCIN; CASPASE 3; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GLAUCOMA; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 79954550370     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02496.x     Document Type: Article

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