Stereology and ultrastructure of chronic phase axonal and cell soma pathology in stretch-injured central nerve fibers

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 383-400

  Mohammed Sulaiman, Ahmed ^a   Denman, Nicola ^a   Buchanan, Shaun ^a   Porter, Nicola ^a   Vesi, Sauparnika ^a   Sharpe, Rachel ^a   Graham, David I ^b   Maxwell, William L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

programmed cell death; retinal ganglion cell; secondary axotomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GANGLION; GLIA CELL; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; RETINA; SOMATIC CELL; STEREOLOGY; SURVIVAL TIME; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AXONS; GUINEA PIGS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MYELIN SHEATH; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 79952756767     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2010.1707     Document Type: Article

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