Repeated monitoring of corneal nerves by confocal microscopy as an index of peripheral neuropathy in type-1 diabetic rodents and the effects of topical insulin

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 306-315

  Chen, Debbie K ^a   Frizzi, Katie E ^a   Guernsey, Lucie S ^a   Ladt, Kelsey ^a   Mizisin, Andrew P ^a   Calcutt, Nigel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

diabetic neuropathy; distal neuropathy; in vivo corneal confocal microscopy; insulin therapy; streptozotocin; type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; STREPTOZOCIN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DEVICES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DISEASE MODEL; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PROCEDURES; SKIN;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CORNEA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; INSULIN; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NERVE FIBERS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RATS; SKIN; STREPTOZOCIN;

EID: 84890525435     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: 15298027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jns5.12044     Document Type: Article

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