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Human ganglion cells express the alpha-2 adrenergic receptor: relevance to neuroprotection.

Kalapesi FB, Coroneo MT, Hill MA.

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Role of alpha-2 adrenergic receptors in neuroprotection and glaucoma.

Wheeler LA, Gil DW, WoldeMussie E.

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Alpha2 adrenergic modulation of NMDA receptor function as a major mechanism of RGC protection in experimental glaucoma and retinal excitotoxicity.

Dong CJ, Guo Y, Agey P, Wheeler L, Hare WA.

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Alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonists are neuroprotective in experimental models of glaucoma.

Wheeler LA, Woldemussie E.

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Comparison of the neuroprotective effects of adrenoceptor drugs in retinal cell culture and intact retina.

Baptiste DC, Hartwick AT, Jollimore CA, Baldridge WH, Chauhan BC, Tremblay F, Kelly ME.

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Role of nonfeminizing estrogen analogues in neuroprotection of rat retinal ganglion cells against glutamate-induced cytotoxicity.

Kumar DM, Perez E, Cai ZY, Aoun P, Brun-Zinkernagel AM, Covey DF, Simpkins JW, Agarwal N.

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Quantification of retinal transneuronal degeneration in human glaucoma: a novel multiphoton-DAPI approach.

Lei Y, Garrahan N, Hermann B, Becker DL, Hernandez MR, Boulton ME, Morgan JE.

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Brimonidine's neuroprotective effects against transient ischaemia-induced retinal ganglion cell death.

Vidal-Sanz M, Lafuente MP, Mayor-Torroglosa S, Aguilera ME, Miralles de Imperial J, Villegas-Pérez MP.

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Neuroprotective effect of topically applied brimonidine tartrate 0.2% in endothelin-1-induced optic nerve ischaemia model.

Aktaş Z, Gürelik G, Akyürek N, Onol M, Hasanreisoğlu B.

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Role of alpha-2 agonists in neuroprotection.

Wheeler L, WoldeMussie E, Lai R.

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Topically applied clonidine protects the rat retina from ischaemia/reperfusion by stimulating alpha(2)-adrenoceptors and not by an action on imidazoline receptors.

Chao HM, Osborne NN.

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Cultured human trabecular meshwork cells express functional alpha 2A adrenergic receptors.

Stamer WD, Huang Y, Seftor RE, Svensson SS, Snyder RW, Regan JW.

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PDGF- and insulin/IGF-1-specific distinct modes of class IA PI 3-kinase activation in normal rat retinas and RGC-5 retinal ganglion cells.

Biswas SK, Zhao Y, Nagalingam A, Gardner TW, Sandirasegarane L.

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Effects of acute delivery of endothelin-1 on retinal ganglion cell loss in the rat.

Lau J, Dang M, Hockmann K, Ball AK.

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Inhibition of plasminogen activators attenuates the death of differentiated retinal ganglion cells and stabilizes their neurite network in vitro.

Harvey R, Chintala SK.

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Characterization of cytokine responses to retinal detachment in rats.

Nakazawa T, Matsubara A, Noda K, Hisatomi T, She H, Skondra D, Miyahara S, Sobrin L, Thomas KL, Chen DF, Grosskreutz CL, Hafezi-Moghadam A, Miller JW.

Mol Vis. 2006 Aug 7;12:867-78.PMID: 16917487 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Transplantation of cells from eye-like structures differentiated from embryonic stem cells in vitro and in vivo regeneration of retinal ganglion-like cells.

Aoki H, Hara A, Niwa M, Motohashi T, Suzuki T, Kunisada T.

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Epidermal growth factor receptor in adult retinal neurons of rat, mouse, and human.

Chen H, Liu B, Neufeld AH.

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Gamma-synuclein as a marker of retinal ganglion cells.

Surgucheva I, Weisman AD, Goldberg JL, Shnyra A, Surguchov A.

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Alpha2 adrenergic receptor-mediated modulation of cytosolic Ca++ signals at the inner plexiform layer of the rat retina.

Dong CJ, Guo Y, Wheeler L, Hare WA.

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