Excess Glutamate May Cause Dilation of Retinal Blood Vessels in Glutamate/Aspartate Transporter-Deficient Mice

Purpose. To investigate the longitudinal findings of fundus features and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) to characterize the morphologic features in a mouse model of defective glutamate/aspartate transporter (GLAST−/− mice). Materials and Methods. The fundus findings and SD-OCT...

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Main Authors: Takayuki Gonome, Yuting Xie, Saeko Arai, Kodai Yamauchi, Natsuki Maeda-Monai, Reiko Tanabu, Takashi Kudo, Mitsuru Nakazawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6512195