Dendritic abnormalities in retinal ganglion cells of three-month diabetic rats

Current Eye Research

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 967-974

  Qin, Yaowu ^a   Xu, Gezhi ^a   Wang, Wenji ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dendrites; Diabetes; Morphology; Retinal ganglion cell

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EXPERIMENT; GENE GUN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CELL COUNT; DENDRITES; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 33751185892     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680600987674     Document Type: Article

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