Optic nerve head structure in glaucoma: Astrocytes as mediators of axonal damage

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 437-444

  Morgan, James E ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Cribrosa; Glaucoma; Glia; Lamina; Optic nerve; Retinal ganglion cell

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL DEATH; CELL INTERACTION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK CUP; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PRIMATE; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033926963     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2000.128     Document Type: Article

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