Effects of epidermal growth factor and erythropoietin on Müller glial activation and phenotypic plasticity in the adult mammalian retina

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1018-1030

  Nickerson, P E B ^a   Mcleod, M C ^b   Myers, T ^b   Clarke, D B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bromodeoxyuridine; Glial reactivity; Mouse; Retinal progenitor cells; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NESTIN; THYMIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMAL; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA CELL; STEM CELL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA;

EID: 79955635868     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22629     Document Type: Article

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