Neuroprotective effect of epigallocatechin-3-gallate against N-methyl-D-aspartate-induced excitotoxicity in the adult rat retina

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Chen, Fei ^a   Jiang, Libin ^a   Shen, Ceying ^a   Wan, Hongfei ^a   Xu, Liang ^a   Wang, Ningli ^a   Jonas, Jost B ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

epigallocatechin 3 gallate; excitotoxicity; glaucoma; N methyl d aspartate; neuroprotection; optic nerve

Indexed keywords

EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; THY 1 ANTIGEN;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXCITOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; THICKNESS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, THY-1; APOPTOSIS; CATECHIN; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84870495789     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2012.02502.x     Document Type: Article

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