Retinal programmed cell death

Martins R. A., Silveira M. S., Curado M. R., Police A. I., and Linden R. (2005). NMDA receptor activation modulates programmed cell death during early post-natal retinal development a BDNF-dependent mechanism. J. Neurochem. 95 244-253. 

Kim, H. S., and Park, C. K. (2005). Retinal ganglion cell death is delayed by activation of retinal intrinsic cell survival program. Brain Res. 1057, 17—28. 

Apoptotic cell death of retinal neurons also contributes to mosaic formation. Rather than obliterating the regularity that the neurons have attained during development, programed cell death actively targets neurons so that a more regular pattern of cell distribution is reached (Jeyarasasingam et al., 1998). 

Garcia-Valenzuela E, Shareef S, Walsh J, Sharma SC. Programmed cell death of retinal ganglion cells during experimental glaucoma. Exp Eye Res 1995 61 33-44. 

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