The injury resistant ability of melanopsin-expressing intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells

Neuroscience

Volumn 284, Issue , 2015, Pages 845-853

  Cui, Q ^a,b   Ren, C ^a,b   Sollars, P J ^d   Pickard, G E ^d,e   So, K F ^a,b,c  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury; Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell; Melanopsin; Survival

Indexed keywords

HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; MELANOPSIN; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID; SCOTOPSIN;

CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; DENDRITE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECT; EXCITOTOXICITY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRINSICALLY PHOTOSENSITIVE RETINAL GANGLION CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PERIKARYON; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; GLAUCOMA; N-METHYLASPARTATE; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; ROD OPSINS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84911390047     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.11.002     Document Type: Review

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