Timing of Fiber Arrival and Dennervation of Postsynaptic Neurons is Required for Restoration of Visual Perception by Regenerating Axons

Journal of Brain Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 255-267

  Thanos, Solon ^a   Naskar, Rita ^a   Mey, Jörg ^a   Schaeffel, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluorescent carbocyanine dyes; Ganglion cells; Light discrimination; Macrophage microglia inhibiting factor; Rat retina; Regeneration; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REGENERATION; SYNAPTOSOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; REGENERATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 1842609559     PISSN: 09448160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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