Rabbit retinal ganglion cell survival after optic nerve section and its effect on the inner plexiform layer

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-102

  Germain, Francisco ^a   Calvo, Miguel ^a   De La Villa, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Axotomy; Cell count; GABAA receptor; Inner plexiform layer; Morphometry; Rabbit; Retinal ganglion cell; Retinal layering

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; EOSIN; FAST BLUE; HEMATOXYLIN; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CELL LOSS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0345550310     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2003.09.012     Document Type: Article

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