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zinc status, glutamate toxicity, iop

zinc status, glutamate toxicity, iop

Submitted by osip7315 on Thu, 03/24/2011 - 5:46am

i hope david doesn't mind me using his message board like this, but i find it useful to post and think through research i am reading

the primary mechanism of damage is excess glutamate on the optic nerves and also presumably the retinal ganglion

now injury to the nerves inducts the release of glutamate

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2603269/

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