Adult retinal neuronal cell culture

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 379-397

  Romano, Carl ^a   Hicks, David ^b  

^a ALCON RESEARCH LTD   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Ganglion cells; Growth factors; Neuroprotection; Photoreceptors; Retina; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; ION CHANNEL;

APOPTOSIS; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; REVIEW; TISSUE CULTURE;

AGING; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 34248589066     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2007.03.001     Document Type: Review

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