Melanopsin ganglion cells are the most resistant retinal ganglion cell type to axonal injury in the rat retina

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  De Sevilla Müller, Luis Pérez ^a   Sargoy, Allison ^a,b   Rodriguez, Allen R ^a   Brecha, Nicholas C ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN; SCOTOPSIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PERIKARYON; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL SURVIVAL; MALE; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; ROD OPSINS;

EID: 84899850010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093274     Document Type: Article

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