Computational molecular phenotyping of retinal sheet transplants to rats with retinal degeneration

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1692-1704

  Seiler, M J ^a   Jones, B W ^b   Aramant, R B ^a   Yang, P B ^a   Keirstead, H S ^a   Marc, R E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CRALBP; Electron microscopy; GABA; Molecular phenotyping; Retinal transplantation; Synaptic circuitry

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE PLACENTA ISOENZYME; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CONE OPSIN; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCINE; MICROSPHERE; RETINOID BINDING PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN; TAURINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR PHENOTYPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HOST; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROPIL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; RETINA ROD; RETINAL SHEET TRANSPLANTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL STEM CELLS; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, TRANSGENIC; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION;

EID: 84861855681     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08078.x     Document Type: Article

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