Retrograde and Wallerian axonal degeneration occur synchronously after retinal ganglion cell axotomy

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-73

  Kanamori, Akiyasu ^a   Catrinescu, Maria Magdalena ^a   Belisle, Jonathan M ^a,b   Costantino, Santiago ^a,b   Levin, Leonard A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXOTOMY; FEMALE; LASERS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETROGRADE DEGENERATION; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 84862676329     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: 15252191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2012.03.030     Document Type: Article

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