The WldS gene delays axonal but not somatic degeneration in a rat glaucoma model

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1166-1179

  Beirowski, Bogdan ^a   Babetto, Elisabetta ^a   Coleman, Michael P ^a   Martin, Keith R ^b  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axon; Cell body; Intraocular pressure; Neurodegeneration; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; SLOW WALLERIAN DEGENERATION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NERVE PROTEIN; WLD PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; LASER; METABOLISM; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PATHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AXONS; CELL SURVIVAL; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; LASERS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 51649087203     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06426.x     Document Type: Article

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