Ganglion cell loss in RCS rat retina: A result of compression of axons by contracting intraretinal vessels linked to the pigment epithelium

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 392, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 58-77

  Villegas Perez M P ^a   Lawrence, J M ^b   Vidal Sanz, M ^a   Lavail, M M ^c   Lund, R D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal transport; Degeneration; Neovascularization; Retinitis pigmentosa; Smooth muscle actin

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 2642619435     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980302)392:1<58::AID-CNE5>3.3.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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