Axons of alpha ganglion cells regenerate faster than other types into a peripheral nerve graft in adult cats

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 218-226

  Maki, Hideki ^a   Watanabe, Masami ^b   Tokita, Yoshihito ^b   Saito, Kiyoshi ^a   Yoshida, Jun ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult cats; Axonal regeneration rate; Peripheral nerve transplantation; Retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; LUCIFER YELLOW;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CATS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE REGENERATION; OPTIC NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TIME;

EID: 0345073704     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10562     Document Type: Article

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