Protection of axotomized retinal ganglion cells by adenovirally delivered BDNF in vivo

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2751-2756

  Isenmann, Stefan ^a,c   Klöcker, Nikolaj ^a   Gravel, Claude ^a,b   Bähr, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenovirus mediated gene transfer; Apoptosis; Free radical scavenger (S PBN); Neurodegeneration; Neuroprotection; Nitric oxide (NO)

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; N TERT BUTYL(2 SULFOPHENYL)NITRONE; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS VECTOR; BENZENESULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCENT DYE; MESSENGER RNA; N TERT BUTYL (2 SULFOPHENYL)NITRONE; N-TERT-BUTYL-(2-SULFOPHENYL)NITRONE;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INJECTION; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT STRAIN; VIROLOGY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXOTOMY; BENZENESULFONATES; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INJECTIONS; OPTIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0032130217     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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