Invivo visualisation of murine corneal nerve fibre regeneration in response to ciliary neurotrophic factor

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 120, Issue , 2014, Pages 20-27

  Reichard, Maria ^a   Hovakimyan, Marina ^a   Guthoff, Rudolf F ^a   Stachs, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ciliary neurotrophic factor; Cornea; Invivo confocal laser scanning microscopy; Nerve fibre regeneration

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS; RECOMBINANT CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA STROMA; DISSECTION; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; INCISION; MOUSE; MURINAE; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMIC TREPHINE; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SUBBASAL NERVE FIBER PLEXUS; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; EYE INJURY; INJURY; INNERVATION; IN VIVO CONFOCAL LASER-SCANNING MICROSCOPY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBRE REGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL CELL; CORNEA THICKNESS; NERVE; NERVE FIBER DENSITY; NERVE PLEXUS; REDUCTION; SHAM PROCEDURE; TIME; TREPHINE;

CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORNEA; IN VIVO CONFOCAL LASER-SCANNING MICROSCOPY; NERVE FIBRE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORNEA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE REGENERATION; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84892850104     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2013.12.015     Document Type: Article

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