Protecting the retinal neurons from glaucoma: Lowering ocular pressure is not enough

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-32

  Pascale, Alessia ^a   Drago, Filippo ^b   Govoni, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Neuroprotectants; Ocular pressure; Retinal cells; RGCs

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMPA RECEPTOR; ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; BRIMONIDINE; CALPEPTIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CITICOLINE; CREATINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DIZOCILPINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; LATANOPROST; LEVODOPA; MEMANTINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 4; NICOTINAMIDE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN KINASE B; TIMOLOL MALEATE; UBIDECARENONE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGING; ASTROCYTE; AUTOPHAGY; BLINDNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CELL COMMUNICATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EXCITOTOXICITY; GINKGO BILOBA; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MICROGLIA; MUELLER CELL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; RETINA INJURY; RETINA ISCHEMIA; RETINA NERVE CELL; REVIEW; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANIMALS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RETINAL NEURONS; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84860424622     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: 10961186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2012.03.002     Document Type: Review

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