Transplanted olfactory ensheathing cells incorporated into the optic nerve head ensheathe retinal ganglion cell axons: Possible relevance to glaucoma

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 440, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 251-254

  Li, Y ^a   Li, D ^a   Khaw, P T ^b   Raisman, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibroblasts; Glaucoma; Lamina cribrosa; Protection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY ENSHEATHING CELL; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FIBRONECTINS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; OPTIC DISK; RATS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 45849090726     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.05.085     Document Type: Article

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