Progressive optic axon dystrophy and vascular changes in rd mice

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 537-545

  Wang, Shaomei ^b   Villegas Pérez, Maria Paz ^b   Vidal Sanz, Manuel ^b   Lund, Raymond D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE DEGENERATION; OPTIC NERVE; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 0033950388     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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