Role of retinal glial cell glutamate transporters in retinal ganglion cell survival following stimulation of NMDA receptor

Current Eye Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 170-178

  Furuya, Toshie ^a   Pan, Zhiying ^a   Kashiwagi, Kenji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glutamate; Glutamate transporter; N methyl d aspartic acid; Retinal ganglion cell; Retinal glial cell

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROKAINIC ACID; DIZOCILPINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; MESSENGER RNA; ROTTLERIN; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STIMULATION; UPREGULATION;

ACETOPHENONES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BENZOPYRANS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; KAINIC ACID; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEUROGLIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84857411923     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2011.645105     Document Type: Article

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