Cyan fluorescent protein (CFP) expressing cells in the retina of Thy1-CFP transgenic mice before and after optic nerve injury

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 468, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 110-114

  Wang, Xu ^a,b   Archibald, Michele L ^a,b   Stevens, Kelly ^a,b   Baldridge, William H ^a,b   Chauhan, Balwantray C ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microglia; Optic nerve transection; Retina ganglion cells (RGCs); Thy1 CFP; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FLUOROCHROME; FLUOROGOLD;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL SHAPE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TISSUE FIXATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, THY-1; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROGLIA; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 70450224235     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.10.077     Document Type: Article

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