In vivo imaging and counting of rat retinal ganglion cells using a scanning laser ophthalmoscope

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2943-2950

  Higashide, Tomomi ^a   Kawaguchi, Ichiro ^a   Ohkubo, Shinji ^a   Takeda, Hisashi ^a   Sugiyama, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; LECTIN; 4 (4 DIHEXADECYLAMINOSTYRYL) N METHYLPYRIDIUM; 4-(4-DIHEXADECYLAMINOSTYRYL)-N-METHYLPYRIDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PYRIDINIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; BROWN NORWAY RAT; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; LASER; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CRUSH; OPHTHALMOSCOPE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; LASERS; MALE; NERVE CRUSH; OPHTHALMOSCOPES; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 33746716990     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-0708     Document Type: Article

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