Cell replacement and visual restoration by retinal sheet transplants

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 661-687

  Seiler, Magdalene J ^a   Aramant, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Electrophysiology; Retinal degeneration; Retinal progenitor sheets; Retinal transplantation; Superior colliculus; Trans synaptic tracing

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR;

CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL TYPE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FETUS CELL; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINAL SHEET TRANSPLANTATION; RETINAL STEM CELL; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPSE; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION;

ANIMALS; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84867400964     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: 18731635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2012.06.003     Document Type: Review

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