Monoclonal antibody C38 labels surviving retinal ganglion cells after peripheral nerve graft in axotomized rat retina

Brain Research

Volumn 725, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 121-124

  Wakabayashi, Taketoshi ^a   Fukuda, Yutaka ^a   Kosaka, Jun ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axonal regeneration; Immunohistochemistry; Monoclonal antibody C38; Rat; Retina, flat mounted; Retinal ganglion cell

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

EID: 0030600165     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00302-2     Document Type: Article

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