Assessment of inner retina dysfunction and progressive ganglion cell loss in a mouse model of glaucoma

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-49

  Pérez de Lara, María J ^a,d   Santano, Concepción ^a   Guzmán Aránguez, Ana ^a,d   Valiente Soriano, F Javier ^b,d   Avilés Trigueros, Marcelino ^b,d   Vidal Sanz, Manuel ^b,d   de la Villa, Pedro ^c,d   Pintor, Jesús ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

DBA 2J; Electroretinogram (ERG); Fluorogold; Neuronal degeneration; Retina; Retinal ganglion cells (RGC); Scotopic threshold response (STR)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; GLAUCOMA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNODETECTION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE GANGLION CELL LOSS; RESTRICTION SITE; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA EXAMINATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT;

DBA/2J; ELECTRORETINOGRAM (ERG); FLUOROGOLD; NEURONAL DEGENERATION; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS (RGC); SCOTOPIC THRESHOLD RESPONSE (STR);

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NIGHT VISION; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84896964464     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2014.02.022     Document Type: Article

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