Electroretinographical and histological study of mouse retina after optic nerve section: A comparison between wild-type and retinal degeneration 1 mice

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 593-602

  Germain, Francisco ^a   Istillarte, Mirna ^a   Gómez Vicente, Violeta ^c   Pérez Rico, Consuelo ^b   de la Villa, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electroretinogram; Optic neuropathy; Retina; Retinal degeneration

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PHOTORECEPTOR; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; WILD TYPE;

ELECTRORETINOGRAM; OPTIC NEUROPATHY; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION;

ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NIGHT VISION; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RETINA; RETINAL DYSTROPHIES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; STILBAMIDINES;

EID: 84881107151     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ceo.12046     Document Type: Article

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