Glial cells are increased proportionally in transgenic optic nerves with increased numbers of axons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2064-2073

  Burne, Julia F ^a   Staple, Julie K ^b   Raff, Martin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXO INST FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

astrocyte proliferation; astrocytes; oligodendrocyte death; oligodendrocytes; optic nerve; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; ENOLASE; ONCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; MALE; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0029990998     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-06-02064.1996     Document Type: Article

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