Neuroprotective effects of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) in neurodegeneration after optic nerve crush in rats

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 242-250

  Tsai, Rong Kung ^a,b,c   Chang, Chung Hsing ^a,b   Wang, Hwei Zu ^c  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

flash visual evoked potential; granulocyte colony stimulating factor; ocular neuroprotection; optic nerve crush; rat model; RGC density

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; PROTEIN KINASE B;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SURVIVAL RATE; VISION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR, RECOMBINANT; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 50849141076     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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