Morphometrical analysis of dendritic arborization in axotomized retinal ganglion cells

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1103-1109

  Germain, Francisco ^a   Fernández, Eduardo ^b   De La Villa, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Morphometry; Neurobiotin; Plasticity; Rabbit; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; BIOTIN; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; DENDRITIC CELLS; FLUORESCENT DYES; IONTOPHORESIS; ISOQUINOLINES; NERVE REGENERATION; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; RABBITS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0141725597     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02842.x     Document Type: Article

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