Neuroprotection of rat retinal ganglion cells mediated through alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Neuroscience

Volumn 237, Issue , 2013, Pages 184-198

  Iwamoto, K ^a   Mata, D ^a   Linn, D M ^b   Linn, C L ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Excitotoxicity; Neuroprotection; Rat; Retina; Retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

4 CHLORO N (3 QUINUCLIDINYL)BENZAMIDE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; AMPA RECEPTOR; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; METHYLLYCACONITINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NICOTINE; THY 1 ANTIGEN; THY 1.1 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITOTOXICITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BENZAMIDES; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS; CELLS, CULTURED; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84875271745     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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