Model systems for experimental studies: retinal ganglion cells in culture

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 173, Issue , 2008, Pages 279-284

  Goodyear, Emilie ^a   Levin, Leonard A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

cell culture; glaucoma; optic neuropathy; retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXPLANT; GLAUCOMA; GLIA CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 53049095062     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)01120-5     Document Type: Review

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