Elevated intraocular pressure decreases response sensitivity of inner retinal neurons in experimental glaucoma mice

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2593-2598

  Pang, Ji Jie ^a   Frankfort, Benjamin J ^a   Gross, Ronald L ^a   Wu, Samuel M ^a,b  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b West Virginia University Eye Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Aii amacrine cells; Bipolar cells; Ganglion cells; Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL GLAUCOMA; GANGLION; INNER RETINAL NEURON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; VOLTAGE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; WHOLE CELL; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; C57BL MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOPHOBIA; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

MUS;

CATION; CHLORIDE CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; CATIONS; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LIGHT; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOPHOBIA; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL NEURONS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84923683162     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1419921112     Document Type: Article

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