Lens injury stimulates axon regeneration in the mature rat optic nerve

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 4615-4626

  Leon, Steven ^a,b   Yin, Yuqin ^a,b   Nguyen, Jennifer ^a   Irwin, Nina ^a,b   Benowitz, Larry I ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon; BDNF; GAP 43; Glaucoma; Lens; Macrophages; Muller cell; Optic nerve; Regeneration; Retinal ganglion cell

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEUROMODULIN; ZYMOSAN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJURY; LENS; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

EID: 0034659957     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-12-04615.2000     Document Type: Article

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