Nerve growth factor (NGF) reduces and NGF antibody exacerbates retinal damage induced in rabbit by experimental ocular hypertension

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 235, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 780-785

  Lambiase, Alessandro ^a,b   Centofanti, Marco ^b,c   Micera, Alessandra ^a   Manni, Gian Luca ^b   Mattei, Eleonora ^c   De Gregorio, Alessandra ^b   De Feo, Giuseppe ^c   Bucci, Massimo Gilberto ^b   Aloe, Luigi ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HISTOLOGY; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAVITREAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INJURY;

EID: 0030730372     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02332863     Document Type: Article

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