Calcium overload triggers rod photoreceptor apoptotic cell death in chemical-induced and inherited retinal degenerations

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1999:893:282-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb07837.x.

Authors

D A Fox¹, A T Poblenz, L He

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Texas 77204-6052, USA. dafox@uh.edu

PMID: 10672249
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb07837.x

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animals
Apoptosis*
Calcium / pharmacology
Calcium / physiology*
Lead Poisoning / pathology*
Mice
Mice, Mutant Strains
Mitochondria / pathology
Mitochondria / physiology
Neurons / pathology
Rats
Retina / pathology*
Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells / pathology
Retinal Degeneration / chemically induced
Retinal Degeneration / genetics
Retinal Degeneration / pathology*
Retinal Ganglion Cells / pathology
Retinal Rod Photoreceptor Cells / pathology*

Substances

Calcium