The effect of ginkgo biloba on the rat retinal ganglion cell survival in the optic nerve crush model

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 553-557

  Ma, Ke ^a   Xu, Liang ^a   Zhang, Haijuan ^a   Zhang, Shixian ^a   Pu, Mingliang ^a   Jonas, Jost B ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ginkgo biloba; neuroprotection; optic nerve crush; retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GINKGO BILOBA; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA NERVE CELL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GINKGO BILOBA; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OPTIC NERVE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 77954635960     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.01486.x     Document Type: Article

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