Changing Pax6 expression correlates with axon outgrowth and restoration of topography during optic nerve regeneration

Neuroscience

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1043-1054

  Rodger, J ^a,b   King, C E ^a   Lukehurst, S ^a   Chen, P B ^a   Dunlop, S A ^a,b   Beazley, L D ^a,b   Ziman, M R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

axon regeneration; Pax genes; refinement; retinal ganglion cells; stroboscopic illumination

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ILLUMINATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIZARD; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REARING; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; STROBOSCOPY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIVISION; EYE PROTEINS; GROWTH CONES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LIZARDS; NERVE REGENERATION; OPTIC NERVE; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL PATHWAYS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 33750427069     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.07.057     Document Type: Article

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