Neuroprotective effect of transretinal electrical stimulation on neurons in the inner nuclear layer of the degenerated retina

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-25

  Schmid, Heiko ^a,b   Herrmann, Thoralf ^a   Kohler, Konrad ^b   Stett, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Electrical stimulation; Microelectrode array; Neuroprotection; Retinal degeneration; Retinal tissue culture

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROELECTRODE; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; STAINING; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICROELECTRODES; MICROGLIA; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL NEURONS;

EID: 60249092211     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2008.12.013     Document Type: Article

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