Dendritic changes in visual pathways in glaucoma and other neurodegenerative conditions

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 244-250

  Liu, Meng ^a   Duggan, James ^a   Salt, Thomas E ^a   Cordeiro, M Francesca ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dendrite; Dendritic spine; Glaucoma; LGN; Neurodegeneration; RGC; SC; Visual pathway

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CELL STRUCTURE; DENDRITE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; GENICULATE BODIES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 79952625895     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2011.01.014     Document Type: Review

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