Gender-dependent effects of enriched environment and social isolation in ischemic retinal lesion in adult rats

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 16111-16123

  Kiss, Peter ^a   Szabadfi, Krisztina ^a   Horvath, Gabor ^a   Tamas, Andrea ^a   Farkas, Jozsef ^a   Gabriel, Robert ^a   Reglodi, Dora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

BCCAO; Enriched environment; Gender; Retina; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EYE PROTECTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RETINA ISCHEMIA; RETINAL THICKNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SURVIVAL TIME; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; ISCHEMIA; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84881235093     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms140816111     Document Type: Article

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