Early events of secondary degeneration after partial optic nerve transection: An immunohistochemical study

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 439-452

  Fitzgerald, Melinda ^a   Bartlett, Carole A ^a   Harvey, Alan R ^a   Dunlop, Sarah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcium channel blocker; Oxidative stress; Partial injury; Retinal ganglion cells; Secondary degeneration

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; LOMERIZINE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN C JUN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CELL COUNT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MACROPHAGE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OPTIC NERVE SECTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; AXOTOMY; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGES; MICROGLIA; NERVE DEGENERATION; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 77649168694     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2009.1112     Document Type: Article

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