Therapeutic benefit of radial optic neurotomy in a rat model of glaucoma

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Belforte, Nicolás ^a   Sande, Pablo H ^a   de Zavalía, Nuria ^a   Dorfman, Damián ^a   Rosenstein, Ruth E ^a  

^a Centre de Estudios Farmacologicos y Botanicos   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; THY 1 ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CILIARY GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; GLAUCOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; RADIAL OPTIC NEUROTOMY; RAT; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANIMAL; HYPERTENSION; PATHOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ANIMALS; GLAUCOMA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 84859024758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034574     Document Type: Article

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