Microtubule contribution to the reflectance of the retinal nerve fiber layer

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 5363-5367

  Huang, Xiang Run ^a   Knighton, Robert W ^a,b   Cavuoto, Lora N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; TUBULIN MODULATOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; ISOLATED ORGAN; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLECTOMETRY; RETINA; RETINA NERVE CELL; TISSUE PERFUSION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; LIGHT; NERVE FIBER; RADIATION SCATTERING; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; BIREFRINGENCE; COLCHICINE; LIGHT; MICROTUBULES; NERVE FIBERS; RATS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TUBULIN MODULATORS;

EID: 34248157680     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0451     Document Type: Article

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