Glaucoma and optic nerve repair

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 353, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 327-337

  Diekmann, Heike ^a   Fischer, Dietmar ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axon regeneration; CNTF; Glaucoma; Inflammatory stimulation; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; PACLITAXEL; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; RHO KINASE INHIBITOR; STAT3 PROTEIN; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 3;

AXONAL INJURY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CYTOPROTECTION; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; OPTIC NERVE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 84880823420     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-013-1596-8     Document Type: Review

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