Extent and duration of recovered pupillary light reflex following retinal ganglion cell axon regeneration through peripheral nerve grafts directed to the pretectum in adult rats

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 560-572

  Whiteley, S J O ^a,c   Sauve Y ^a   Aviles Trigueros M ^b,d   Vidal Sanz, M ^b   Lund, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Axons; Functional recovery; Peripheral nerve; Pupillary light reflex; Regeneration; Retina

Indexed keywords

TUFTSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENUCLEATION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; OPTIC NERVE; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; PUPILLOMETRY; RAT; REINNERVATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION;

EID: 0032444372     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1998.6959     Document Type: Article

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