Survival and axonal regeneration of retinal ganglion cells in adult cats

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 529-553

  Watanabe, Masami ^a   Fukuda, Yutaka ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS INHIBITOR; BENZYLOXYCARBONYLASPARTYLGLUTAMYLVALYLASPARTYL CHLOROMETHYL KETONE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASPASE INHIBITOR; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FORSKOLIN; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 4; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; CAT; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GLAUCOMA; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CATS; CELL SURVIVAL; NERVE REGENERATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0036848307     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-9462(02)00037-X     Document Type: Review

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