Ultrastructural study of axonal cytoskeletons in the optic nerve damaged by acutely elevated intraocular pressure using the quick-freezing and deep-etching technique

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 48-54

  Ou, Bo ^a   Ohno, Shinichi ^a   Terada, Nobuo ^a   Fujii, Yasuhisa ^a   Ueda, Hideho ^a   Chen, Hai Bo ^a   Tsukahara, Shigeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axonal cytoskeleton; Deep etching method; Elevated; Intraocular pressure; Optic nerve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXOPLASM; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; COLD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; CYTOSKELETON; GUINEA PIG; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MICROTUBULE; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030899035     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000267991     Document Type: Article

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