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Updated: Wed, Jul 15, 2009
Recent Publications

Sappington, R.M., Sidorova, T., Long, D.J. & Calkins, D.J. (2009) TRPV1:
Contribution to retinal ganglion cell apoptosis and increased
intracellular Ca2+ with exposure to hydrostatic pressure
(Inv. Ophthal.
Vis. Sci., 50, 717-728).

Sappington, R.M. & Calkins, D.J. (2008) Pressure-induced translocation
of NFkB and IL-6 release in retinal microglia involves Ca2+ and TRPV1

(Inv. Opthal. Vis. Sci., 49, 3004-3017).

Wax, M.B., Tezel, G., Yang, J., Peng, G., Patil, R.V., Agarwal, N.,
Sappington, R.M., Calkins, D.J. (2008) Induced autoimmunity to heat
shock proteins elicits glaucomatous loss of retinal ganglion cell
neurons via activated T cell-derived Fas-ligand
(J. Neurosci., 28,
12085-12096).

Calkins, D.J., Horner, P.J., Roberts, R., Gradianu, M. & Berkowitz, B.A.
(2008) Manganese-enhanced MRI of the DBA/2J mouse model of hereditary
glaucoma
(Inv. Ophthal. Vis. Sci., 49, 5083-5088.).

Buckingham, B.P., Inman, D.M., Lambert, W., Oglesby, E., Calkins, D.J.,
Steele, M.R., Vetter, M.L., Marsh-Armstrong, N. & Horner, P.J. (2008)
Progressive ganglion cell degeneration precedes neuronal loss in a mouse
model of glaucoma
(J. Neurosci., 28, 2735-2744).

Bosco, A., Inman, D.M., Steele, M.R., Wu, G., Soto, I., Marsh-Armstrong,
N., Hubbard, W.C., Calkins, D.J., Horner, P.J., & Vetter, M.L. (2008)
Minocycline reduces retina microglial activation and improves optic
nerve integrity in the DBA/2J mouse model of glaucoma
(Inv. Ophthal.
Vis. Sci., 49, 1437-1446).

Hanna, M.C. & Calkins, D.J. (2007) Expression of genes encoding
glutamate receptors and transporters in rod and cone bipolar cells of
the primate retina determined by single-cell polymerase chain reaction

(Molecular Vision., 13, 2194-2208).

Berkowitz, B.A., Roberts, R., Luan, H., Bissig, D., Bui,B.V., Gradianu,
M., Calkins, D.J. & Vingrys, A.J. (2007) Manganese-enhanced MRI studies
of alterations of intraretinal ion demand in models of ocular injury

(Inv. Ophthal. Vis. Sci., 48, 3796-804).

Calkins, D.J. & Sterling, P. (2007) Microcircuitry for two types of
achromatic ganglion cell in primate fovea
. (J. Neurosci., 27, 2646-2653)

Inman, D.M., Sappington, R.M., Horner, P.J. & Calkins, D.J. (2006)
Quantitative correlation of optic nerve pathology with ocular pressure
and corneal thickness in the DBA/2 mouse model of glaucoma
(Inv. Opthal.
Vis. Sci. 47, pp. 986-996).