Transcorneal electrical stimulation promotes the survival of photoreceptors and preserves retinal function in Royal College of Surgeons rats

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 4725-4732

  Morimoto, Takeshi ^a   Fujikado, Takashi ^a   Choi, Jun Sub ^a   Kanda, Hiroyuki ^a   Miyoshi, Tomomitsu ^a   Fukuda, Yutaka ^a   Tano, Yasuo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; ELECTRODE; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; TRANSCORNEAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CORNEA; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT STRAIN; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CORNEA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RETINA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35748954364     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-1404     Document Type: Article

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