Glaucoma of the brain: a disease model for the study of transsynaptic neural degeneration

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 173, Issue , 2008, Pages 465-478

  Yücel, Yeni ^a,b   Gupta, Neeru ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; blood flow; cell atrophy; cell death; glaucoma; models; neurodegenerative diseases; retinal ganglion cell

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENICULATE BODIES; GLAUCOMA; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; OPTIC NERVE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETROGRADE DEGENERATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 53249090464     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)01132-1     Document Type: Review

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