Semi-automated, quantitative analysis of retinal ganglion cell morphology in mice selectively expressing yellow fluorescent protein

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-115

  Oglesby, Ericka ^a   Quigley, Harry A ^a   Zack, Donald J ^a   Cone, Frances E ^a   Steinhart, Matthew R ^a   Tian, Jing ^b   Pease, Mary E ^a   Kalesnykas, Giedrius ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ganglion cell; Glaucoma; Mouse; Neuropathy; Optic nerve; Retina; Yellow fluorescent protein

Indexed keywords

THY 1 ANTIGEN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRIGHTNESS; CELL LINE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC CELL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE QUALITY; LABELING INDEX; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; STEREO INVESTIGATOR SOFTWARE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, THY-1; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL COUNT; CELL LINE; FLUORESCENT DYES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 84857797266     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2011.12.013     Document Type: Article

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