BDNF preserves the dendritic morphology of α and β ganglion cells in the cat retina after optic nerve injury

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2456-2463

  Weber, Arthur J ^a   Harman, Christine D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA NERVE FIBER; CAT; CELL DENSITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; ISOTOPE LABELING; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOMATIC CELL; VISION; ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; DRUG EFFECT; PATHOLOGY; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CATS; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; DENDRITES; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 47249105535     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-1325     Document Type: Article

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