Effects of pinealectomy and melatonin on the retrograde degeneration of retinal ganglion cells in a novel model of intraorbital optic nerve transection in mice

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 106-111

  Kilic, Ertugrul ^a,b   Hermann, Dirk M ^a   Isenmann, Stefan ^a   Bähr, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Antioxidant; Melatonin; Neurodegeneration; Neuroprotection; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

1,1' DIOCTADECYL 3,3,3',3' TETRAMETHYLINDOCARBOCYANINE; MELATONIN;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL LABELING; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PINEALECTOMY; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MELATONIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; PINEAL GLAND; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETROGRADE DEGENERATION;

EID: 0036221765     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-079x.2002.1823.x     Document Type: Article

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