Re-establishment of visual circuitry after optic nerve regeneration

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 277-284

  MacLaren, Robert E ^a  

^a OXFORD EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Optic nerve; Peripheral nerve graft; Rat; Retina; Specificity

Indexed keywords

CULTURE MEDIUM; EXPLANT; MAMMAL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; OPTIC NERVE; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; VISION;

EID: 0032769037     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1999.77     Document Type: Article

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