Long-term survival of retinal ganglion cells following optic nerve section in adult bcl-2 transgenic mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1735-1745

  Cenni, Maria Cristina ^a   Bonfanti, Lidia ^a,d   Martinou, Jean Claude ^c   Ratto, Gian Michele ^a   Strettoi, Enrica ^a   Maffei, Lamberto ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^c GLAXO INST FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d Consorzio Mario Negri Sud ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Axotomy; Neuronal degeneration; Retina; Retrograde degeneration

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0029738162     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1996.tb01317.x     Document Type: Article

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