Intracellular flow in optic nerve axons: A mechanism for cell death in glaucoma

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3750-3758

  Band, Leah R ^a   Hall, Cameron L ^b   Richardson, Giles ^c   Jensen, Oliver E ^a   Siggers, Jennifer H ^d   Foss, Alexander J E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID FLOW; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; THEORETICAL STUDY; CELL DEATH; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC NERVE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; CELL DEATH; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 68349090342     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2396     Document Type: Article

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