Retinal damage profiles and neuronal effects of laser treatment: Comparison of a conventional photocoagulator and a novel 3-nanosecond pulse laser

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2305-2318

  Wood, John P M ^a,b   Shibeeb, O'Sam ^b   Plunkett, Malcolm ^c   Casson, Robert J ^a,b   Chidlow, Glyn ^a,b  

^a HANSON INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Ellex Medical Lasers R and D   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; PROTEIN KINASE C ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTACT LENS; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LASER; LASER COAGULATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MORPHOLOGY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PIGMENTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA INJURY; RETINA NERVE CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EYE PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER COAGULATION; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM;

EID: 84875645481     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-11203     Document Type: Article

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