Structural basis of glaucoma: The fortified astrocytes of the optic nerve head are the target of raised intraocular pressure

GLIA

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-28

  Dai, Chao ^a,b   Khaw, Peng T ^c   Yin, Zheng Qin ^b   Li, Daqing ^a   Raisman, Geoffrey ^a   Li, Ying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intraocular pressure; Lamina cribrosa; Retinal ganglion cell axons

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NERVE SHEATH; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE HEAD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; AXONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RATS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 81155148167     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: 10981136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.21242     Document Type: Article

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