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

Takayuki GonomeYuting XieSaeko AraiKodai YamauchiNatsuki Maeda-MonaiReiko TanabuTakashi KudoMitsuru Nakazawa

Published in: BioMed research international (2019)

In the present study, we found for the first time the dilation of the retinal blood vessels and the thinning of the ONL in GLAST-/- mice, in addition to the thinning of the GCC.

Keyphrases

optical coherence tomography
diabetic retinopathy
optic nerve
high fat diet induced
wild type