Nitrate therapy may retard glaucomatous optic neuropathy, perhaps through modulation of glutamate receptors
Zurakowski D, Vorwerk C, Gorla M, Kanellopoulos A, Chaturvedi N, Grosskreutz C, Lipton S, Dreyer E. Nitrate therapy may retard glaucomatous optic neuropathy, perhaps through modulation of glutamate receptors. Vision Research 1998, 38: 1489-1494. PMID: 9667013, DOI: 10.1016/s0042-6989(98)00003-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEffects of nitroglycerinGlaucomatous optic neuropathyRetinal ganglion cellsAnginal symptomsNitroglycerin preparationsNitrate therapyGlaucomatous damageOptic neuropathyIntraocular pressureGanglion cellsGlutamate receptorsGlaucomatous blindnessNitroglycerinCell deathNeuropathyTherapySymptomsReceptors