Distortion of axonal cytoskeleton: An early sign of glaucomatous damage

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2879-2888

  Huang, Xiangrun ^a,b   Kong, Wei ^a   Zhou, Ye ^b   Gregori, Giovanni ^a  

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

^b University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; F ACTIN; MICROTUBULE PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURFACE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; LASER COAGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RETINA NERVE CELL; THICKNESS; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROTUBULES; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 79955947169     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-5929     Document Type: Article

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