Four steps to optic nerve regeneration

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 347-360

  Moore, Darcie L ^a   Goldberg, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SURVIVAL; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; OPTIC NEURITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 78650452738     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e3181e755af     Document Type: Article

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