Altered F-actin distribution in retinal nerve fiber layer of a rat model of glaucoma

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1107-1114

  Huang, Xiang Run ^a   Knighton, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

animal model of glaucoma; confocal laser scanning microscopy; cytoskeleton; F actin; phalloidin staining; retinal nerve fiber layer

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; F ACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RETINA; RETINA NERVE FIBER LAYER;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE FIBERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINAL NEURONS;

EID: 67349188471     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2009.01.014     Document Type: Article

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