Regenerating ganglion cell axons in the adult rat establish retinofugal topography and restore visual function

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 483-491

  Thanos, Solon ^a   Naskar, Rita ^a   Heiduschka, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult ganglion cells; CNS injury; Rat; Regeneration; Visual function

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; MAZE TEST; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURITE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINNERVATION; RETINA NERVE CELL; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TARGET CELL; THALAMUS; TOPOGRAPHY; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0030974469     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005657     Document Type: Article

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