In vivo imaging of retinal ganglion cell axons within the nerve fiber layer

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2011-2018

  Kanamori, Akiyasu ^a   Catrinescu, Maria Magdalena ^a   Traistaru, Manuela ^a   Beaubien, Rachel ^a   Levin, Leonard A ^a,b  

^a MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROMETHYL DERIVATIVE OF FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; FLUORESCENT DYE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 5 CHLOROMETHYLFLUORESCEIN; 5-CHLOROMETHYLFLUORESCEIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; CELL COUNT; CELL LABELING; CELL LOSS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; THICKNESS; ANIMAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; LONG EVANS RAT; NERVE DEGENERATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA DEGENERATION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; AXOTOMY; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETROGRADE DEGENERATION;

EID: 77951245600     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4021     Document Type: Article

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