Retrograde trans-synaptic retinal ganglion cell loss identified by optical coherence tomography

Brain

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 628-634

  Jindahra, Panitha ^a,b   Petrie, Aviva ^c   Plant, Gordon T ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Band atrophy; Optical coherence tomography; Retinal nerve fibre layer; Retrogeniculate lesions; Retrograde trans synaptic degeneration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; CELL LOSS; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROIMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OPTIC DISK; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; THICKNESS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL DEATH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETROGRADE DEGENERATION; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64849085603     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awp001     Document Type: Article

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