Global and ocular hypothermic preconditioning protect the rat retina from ischemic damage.

Retinal ischemia could provoke blindness. At present, there is no effective treatment against retinal ischemic damage. Strong evidence supports that glutamate is implicated in retinal ischemic damage. We investigated whether a brief period of global or ocular hypothermia applied 24 h before ischemia...

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Main Authors: Ezequiel M Salido, Damián Dorfman, Melina Bordone, Mónica Chianelli, María Florencia González Fleitas, Ruth E Rosenstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3633982?pdf=render