A Novel Animal Model of Partial Optic Nerve Transection Established Using an Optic Nerve Quantitative Amputator

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Xu ^a,b   Li, Ying ^a   He, Yan ^a   Liang, Hong Sheng ^a   Liu, En Zhong ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The 211 Hospital of PLA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; OPTIC NERVE QUANTITATIVE AMPUTATOR; PUPIL REFLEX; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84866052885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044360     Document Type: Article

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