Photoreceptor apoptosis induced by a single systemic administration of N-methyl-N-nitrosourea in the rat retina

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 631-641

  Nakajima, Motomaro ^a   Yuge, Kenshi ^a   Senzaki, Hideto ^a   Shikata, Nobuaki ^a   Miki, Hirohiko ^a   Uyama, Masanobu ^a   Tsubura, Airo ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; METHYLNITROSOUREA; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA DEGENERATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; METHYLNITROSOUREA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOTORECEPTORS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0030022206     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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