Restoration of the retinofugal pathway

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 577-606

  Heiduschka, Peter ^a   Thanos, Solon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AMINOGUANIDINE; ANTIOXIDANT; AURINTRICARBOXYLIC ACID; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCINEURIN; CASPASE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ENDONUCLEASE; MYELIN; N TERT BUTYL ALPHA PHENYLNITRONE; N(G) NITROARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NEURITE PROMOTING FACTOR; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 4; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; ONCOPROTEIN; SALICYLIC ACID; SCAVENGER;

CAT; CELL DEATH; CELL REGENERATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HAMSTER; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; AXONS; AXOTOMY; CELL SURVIVAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0034285215     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-9462(00)00011-2     Document Type: Review

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