Survival of axotomized retinal ganglion cells in adult mammals

Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 233-239

  Watanabe, Masami ^a   Sawai, Hajime ^b   Fukuda, Yutaka ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axonal regeneration; Axonal sprouting; Axotomy; Cell type; Retinal ganglion cell

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; LIGHT ADAPTATION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CATS; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; DENERVATION; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0030826706     PISSN: 10656766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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