Estimation of axon counts in a rat model of glaucoma: Comparison of fixed-pattern sampling with targeted sampling

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 626-633

  Ebneter, Andreas ^a,b   Casson, Robert J ^a,b   Wood, John P M ^a,b   Chidlow, Glyn ^a,b  

^a HANSON INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axon; Experimental glaucoma; Nerve degeneration; Optic nerve

Indexed keywords

RESIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; AXON COUNT; AXONAL INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLAUCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; LASER COAGULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRANSLIMBAL LASER PHOTOCOAGULATION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER COAGULATION; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 84865155002     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02741.x     Document Type: Article

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