Effects of monocular enucleation on the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) of rabbit: A qualitative light and electron microscopic study

Biomedical Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Khan, Aijaz Ahmed ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Deafferentation; Eye enucleation; Lateral geniculate nucleus; Transneuronal degeneration

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENUCLEATION; GLIA CELL; HYPERTROPHY; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MONOCULAR VISION; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; RABBIT; SURVIVAL; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 16244370384     PISSN: 0970938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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