Glial reaction to photoelectric dye-based retinal prostheses implanted in the subretinal space of rats

Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-44

  Tamaki, Takayuki ^a   Matsuo, Toshihiko ^a   Hosoya, Osamu ^a   Tsutsui, Kimiko M ^a   Uchida, Tetsuya ^b   Okamoto, Kazuo ^a   Uji, Akihito ^a   Ohtsuki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Photoelectric dye; Polyethylene film; Rat; Retinal prosthesis; Subretinal implantation

Indexed keywords

2 [2 [4 (DIBUTYLAMINO)PHENYL]ETHENYL] 3 CARBOXYMETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLIUM BROMIDE; BENZOTHIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; DYE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; POLYETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; FROZEN SECTION; GLIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RAT; RETINA;

ANILINE COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COLORING AGENTS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; POLYETHYLENE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RATS; RETINA; THIAZOLES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 42149143530     PISSN: 14347229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-007-0398-8     Document Type: Article

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