Basic fibroblast growth factor treatment partially protects from visual deficits but does not increase retinal ganglion cell survival following controlled optic nerve crush

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 61-68

  Schmitt, Ulrich ^a   Sabel, Bernhard A ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; GANGLION; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 0029757971     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/rnn-1996-10201     Document Type: Article

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