Early decompression of the injured optic nerve reduces axonal degeneration and improves functional outcome in the adult rat

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 121-130

  Ohlsson, Marcus ^a   Svensson, Mikael ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CNS; Decompression; Optic nerve; Regeneration; Visual evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE LIGATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCAR; VISION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; GAP-43 PROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 34247546987     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0775-1     Document Type: Article

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