N -Methyl-d-Aspartate (NMDA)-Mediated Excitotoxic Damage: A Mouse Model of Acute Retinal Ganglion Cell Damage

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 935, Issue , 2013, Pages 99-109

  Seitz, Roswitha ^a   Tamm, Ernst R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell death; Excitotoxicity; Glaucoma; NMDA; Retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; EYE; EYE DISEASE; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EYE; EYE DISEASES; MICE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84871954714     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-080-9-7     Document Type: Article

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