Transcorneal electrical stimulation alters morphology and survival of retinal ganglion cells after optic nerve damage

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 543, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-6

  Henrich Noack, Petra ^a,b   Voigt, Nadine ^a   Prilloff, Sylvia ^a   Fedorov, Anton ^a   Sabel, Bernhard A ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ZEBIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

In vivo imaging; Neuroprotection; Neurotrauma; Non invasive alternating current stimulation; Retinal ganglion cells; Vision restoration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL SWELLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TRANSCORNEAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE CRUSH; NEUROIMAGING; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; RATS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 84877126794     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.03.013     Document Type: Article

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