Excess Glutamate May Cause Dilation of Retinal Blood Vessels in Glutamate/Aspartate Transporter-Deficient Mice

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Magnified fundus pictures of C57BL/6J and GLAST^−/- mice. The rectangular area in each panel (a, d, e, and h) is magnified in the inset (b, c, f, and g, respectively). Panels a and c correspond to the fundus findings at P36 and P72 of C57BL/6J mice, respectively. Panels b and d correspond to the fundus findings at P44 and P80 of GLAST^−/- mice, respectively. The square represents 250  μm × 250 μm in panels (a) through (d). All insets are the same magnifications. Arrows indicate capillaries.

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