Macroglial and retinal changes in hypercholesterolemic rabbits after normalization of cholesterol levels

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1423-1438

  Ramírez, Ana I ^a   Salazar, Juan J ^a   De Hoz, Rosa ^a   Rojas, Blanca ^a   Ruiz, Emilio ^a   Tejerina, Teresa ^a   Ramírez, Jose M ^a   Triviño, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

astrocytes; Bruch's membrane; cholesterol fed rabbit; electron microscopy; GFAP; immunohistochemistry; M ller cells; retina

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CELL DEATH; CHOROID CAPILLARY LAYER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DIET; EYE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISCHEMIA; MACROGLIA; MALE; MUELLER CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RABBITS; RETINA;

EID: 33750441863     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2006.07.023     Document Type: Article

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