The effects of central administration of neurotrophins or transplants of fetal tectal tissue on retinal ganglion cell survival following removal of the superior colliculus in neonatal rats

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 133-142

  Spalding, Kirsty L ^a   Cui, Qi ^a   R Harvey, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Cell death; Fetal brain graft; Neurotrophin 4 5; Retinotectal pathway; Target dependence

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL SURVIVAL; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0032540346     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(98)00010-8     Document Type: Article

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