Quantification of retinal transneuronal degeneration in human glaucoma: A novel multiphoton-DAPI approach

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1940-1945

  Lei, Yuan ^a,b   Garrahan, Nigel ^c   Hermann, Boris ^a   Becker, David L ^b   Hernandez, M Rosario ^d   Boulton, Michael E ^e   Morgan, James E ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; FLUORESCENT DYE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLAUCOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUBATION TIME; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; STAINING; ALGORITHM; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INDOLES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 44649124480     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-0735     Document Type: Article

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