Enhancing survival of photoreceptor cells in vivo using the synthetic progestin Norgestrel

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 915-927

  Doonan, Francesca ^a   O'Driscoll, Carolyn ^a   Kenna, Paul ^b   Cotter, Thomas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

bFGF; neuroprotection; Norgestrel; photoreceptor; progestin; retinal degeneration

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; NORGESTREL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B WAVE; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGHT DAMAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LIGHT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NORGESTREL; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; PROGESTERONE CONGENERS; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 80051797991     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07354.x     Document Type: Article

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