Simvastatin improves retinal ganglion cell survival and spatial vision after acute retinal ischemia/reperfusion in mice

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2606-2618

  Krempler, Katja ^a   Schmeer, Christian W ^a   Isenmann, Stefan ^b   Witte, Otto W ^a   Löwel, Siegrid ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b HELIOS KLINIKUM WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIMVASTATIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG RESPONSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INJURY; RETINA ISCHEMIA; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL VESSELS; SIMVASTATIN; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79956006280     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6005     Document Type: Article

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