The life, death and regenerative ability of immature and mature rat retinal ganglion cells are influenced by their birthdate

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 353-365

  Dallimore, Elizabeth J ^a   Park, Kevin K ^a,c   Pollett, Margaret A ^a   Taylor, Jeremy S H ^b   Harvey, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal regeneration; Neurogenesis; Peripheral nerve graft; Plasticity; Programmed cell death; Rat visual system; Retina; Superior colliculus; Target factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BIRTH; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NICK END LABELING; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AXONS; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROGENESIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SUPERIOR COLLICULI;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE;

EID: 77956422503     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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