Ciliary neurotrophic factor promotes the regrowth capacity but not the survival of intraorbitally axotomized retinal ganglion cells in adult hamsters

Neuroscience

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 623-628

  Cho, K S ^a   Chan, P M ^a   So, K F ^a   Yip, H K ^a   Chung, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Axonal regeneration; GAP 43; Optic nerve transection; Peripheral nerve transplant; Sprouting; Vitreous

Indexed keywords

CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROMODULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; MALE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SPROUTING; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CRICETINAE; GAP-43 PROTEIN; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MICROINJECTIONS; NERVE REGENERATION; OPTIC NERVE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032849704     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(99)00320-6     Document Type: Article

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