Phoneutria spider toxins block ischemia-induced glutamate release and neuronal death of cell layers of the retina

Retina

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1392-1399

  Agostini, Rafael Mourão ^a   Do Nascimento Pinheiro, Ana Cristina ^a   Binda, Nancy Scardua ^b   Romano Silva, Marco Aurélio ^b   Do Nascimento Cordeiro, Marta ^c   Richardson, Michael ^c   Sena Guimarães, André Luiz ^d   Gomez, Marcus Vinicius ^a,b,e  

^a Santa Casa Hospital   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c FUNED   (Brazil)

^d State University   (Brazil)

^e Hospital da Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte   (Brazil)

Author keywords

calcium channels; cell death; glutamate; retinal ischemia; spider toxins

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; GLUTAMIC ACID; SPIDER VENOM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHONEUTRIA NIGRIVENTER; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ISCHEMIA; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NEUROTOXINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL NEURONS; SPIDER VENOMS;

EID: 79961207330     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: 15392864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e318205b249     Document Type: Article

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