Severity of middle cerebral artery occlusion determines retinal deficits in rats

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 254, Issue , 2014, Pages 206-215

  Allen, Rachael S ^a   Sayeed, Iqbal ^a   Cale, Heather A ^a   Morrison, Katherine C ^a   Boatright, Jeffrey H ^a   Pardue, Machelle T ^a,b   Stein, Donald G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroretinogram; Focal ischemia; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Rat; Retina; Retinal ischemia

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRALUMINAL SUTURE TECHNIQUE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MUELLER CELL; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OCULAR ISCHEMIC SYNDROME; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INJURY; RETINA ISCHEMIA; SUTURING METHOD; UPREGULATION;

ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FOCAL ISCHEMIA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; RAT; RETINA; RETINAL ISCHEMIA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; EYE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84896704797     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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