Optic disc and optic nerve of the blind cape mole-rat (Georychus capensis): A proposed model for naturally occurring reactive gliosis

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 627-632

  Omlin, François X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blind Cape mole rat; Optic disc; Optic nerve; Reactive gliosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GLIOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOLE RAT; MYELINATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; AXONS; BLINDNESS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLIOSIS; GUINEA PIGS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLE RATS; MYELIN SHEATH; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; RATS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030734959     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(97)00283-9     Document Type: Article

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