The spatiotemporal pattern of somal and axonal pathology after perikaryal excitotoxic injury to retinal ganglion cells: A histological and morphometric study

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-58

  Saggu, S K ^a   Chotaliya, H P ^a   Cai, Z ^b   Blumbergs, P ^b   Casson, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dying back neuropathy; Excitotoxicity; Histology; Optic nerve; Retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

MYELIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CELL SWELLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITOTOXICITY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SOMATIC CELL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; MALE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; OPTIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42749096690     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2007.12.022     Document Type: Article

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