BDNF-treated retinal progenitor sheets transplanted to degenerate rats: Improved restoration of visual function

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 92-104

  Seiler, Magdalene J ^a   Thomas, Biju B ^a   Chen, Zhenhai ^a   Arai, Shinichi ^b   Chadalavada, Sridhar ^a   Mahoney, Melissa J ^c   Sadda, Srinivas R ^a   Aramant, Robert B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

^d University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF microsphere; head tracking behavior; retinal progenitor cells; retinal transplantation; S334ter; superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD MOVEMENT; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA DEGENERATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VISION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HEAD MOVEMENTS; MICROSPHERES; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36849058800     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2007.09.012     Document Type: Article

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