Brimonidine prevents axonal and somatic degeneration of retinal ganglion cell neurons

BACKGROUND: Brimonidine is a common drug for lowering ocular pressure and may directly protect retinal ganglion cells in glaucoma. The disease involves early loss of retinal ganglion cell transport to brain targets followed by axonal and somatic degeneration. We examined whether brimonidine preserve...

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Autores principales: Lambert, Wendi S, Ruiz, Lupe, Crish, Samuel D, Wheeler, Larry A, Calkins, David J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3035592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21232114
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1750-1326-6-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3035592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21232114
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1750-1326-6-4

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