Combinatorial Therapy Stimulates Long-Distance Regeneration, Target Reinnervation, and Partial Recovery of Vision After Optic Nerve Injury in Mice

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 106, Issue , 2012, Pages 153-172

  de Lima, Silmara ^a,b,c   Habboub, Ghaith ^a,b   Benowitz, Larry I ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Central reinnervation; Functional recovery; Long term regeneration; Oncomodulin; Optic nerve injury; Retinal ganglion cell survival; Visual targets

Indexed keywords

CPT CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DERIVATIVE; ONCOMODULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZYMOSAN;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; EYE INFLAMMATION; GENE; GENE DELETION; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PTEN GENE; REINNERVATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISION;

EID: 84870523217     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-407178-0.00007-7     Document Type: Chapter

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