Transgenic corneal neurofluorescence in mice: A new model for in vivo investigation of nerve structure and regeneration

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1535-1542

  Yu, Charles Q ^a   Rosenblatt, Mark I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; ANIMAL; BLUNT TRAUMA; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INJURY; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION;

PHOTOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 34248379129     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-1192     Document Type: Article

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