Regeneration in the developing optic nerve: Correlating observations in the opossum to other mammalian systems

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 381-398

  Maclaren, R E ^a   Taylor, J S H ^b  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; MAMMAL; MICROGLIA; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; OPTIC NERVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA INJURY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031442777     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0082(97)00041-5     Document Type: Review

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