Quantification of axotomized ganglion cell death by explant culture of the rat retina

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 334, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-36

  Manabe, Shin Ichi ^a   Kashii, Satoshi ^a   Honda, Yoshihito ^a   Yamamoto, Rie ^a   Katsuki, Hiroshi ^a   Akaike, Akinori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actinomycin D; Axotomy; Caspase inhibitor; Cycloheximide; Explant culture; Retinal ganglion cell; Retrograde labeling; Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase mediated dUTP biotin nick end labeling

Indexed keywords

1,1' DIOCTADECYL 3,3,3',3' TETRAMETHYLINDOCARBOCYANINE; BIOTIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; TRACER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EXPLANT; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TIME;

ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; CARBOCYANINES; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLUORESCENT DYES; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037032585     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)01047-9     Document Type: Article

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