Search Results - "Adam Dobberfuhl"
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Environmental complexity and social organization sculpt the brain in Lake Tanganyikan cichlid fish
Published in Brain, behavior and evolution (01-01-2007)“…Complex brains and behaviors have occurred repeatedly within vertebrate classes throughout evolution. What adaptive pressures drive such changes? Both…”
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Calcineurin cleavage is triggered by elevated intraocular pressure, and calcineurin inhibition blocks retinal ganglion cell death in experimental glaucoma
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (23-08-2005)“…Increased intraocular pressure (IOP) leads, by an unknown mechanism, to apoptotic retinal ganglion cell (RGC) death in glaucoma. We now report cleavage of the…”
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Quantifying habitat complexity in aquatic ecosystems
Published in Freshwater biology (01-06-2007)“…1. Many aquatic studies have attempted to relate biological features, such as species diversity, abundance, brain size and behaviour, to measures of habitat…”
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Transcriptional Up-Regulation and Activation of Initiating Caspases in Experimental Glaucoma
Published in The American journal of pathology (01-09-2005)“…In glaucoma, retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) die by apoptosis, generally attributed to an elevated intraocular pressure (IOP). We now describe the impact of…”
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Visual Acuity, Environmental Complexity, and Social Organization in African Cichlid Fishes
Published in Behavioral neuroscience (01-12-2005)“…The authors studied the effects of habitat complexity and social organization on visual acuity in closely related cichlid fishes (the Ectodini clade). The…”
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Predictability and limitations of non-invasive murine tonometry: Comparison of two devices
Published in Experimental eye research (01-07-2006)“…Our purpose was to evaluate the accuracy, reproducibility and predictive ability of two non-invasive tonometers developed for intraocular pressure (IOP)…”
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FK506 blocks activation of the intrinsic caspase cascade after optic nerve crush
Published in Experimental eye research (01-05-2005)“…Retinal ganglion cells die by apoptosis after optic nerve crush. FK506 has been shown to be neuroprotective in this model but the mechanism(s) by which it…”
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Hsp27 Phosphorylation in Experimental Glaucoma
Published in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science (01-09-2007)“…The role of heat shock proteins (Hsp) in injury response has been well established, but it is now becoming apparent that the phosphorylation state of Hsp27 may…”
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Efficient estimation of retinal ganglion cell number: A stereological approach
Published in Journal of neuroscience methods (15-05-2008)“…Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) are the only output neurons of the retina, and their degeneration after damage to the optic nerve or in glaucoma is a well…”
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Calcineurin Cleavage Is Triggered by Elevated Intraocular Pressure, and Calcineuring Inhibition Blocks Retinal Ganglion Cell Death in Experimental Glaucoma
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (23-08-2005)“…Increased intraocular pressure (IOP) leads, by an unknown mechanism, to apoptotic retinal ganglion cell (RGC) death in glaucoma. We now report cleavage of the…”
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