Diminished Vision in Healthy Aging Is Associated with Increased Retinal L-Type Voltage Gated Calcium Channel Ion Influx

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Bissig, David ^a   Goebel, Dennis ^a   Berkowitz, Bruce A ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM ION; DILTIAZEM; ISOPROTEIN; MANGANESE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TRACKING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTOKINETIC STIMULATION; RAT; RETINA DEGENERATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEALTH; MAGNESIUM; MALE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RETINA; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84874010885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056340     Document Type: Article

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