Lesions in the posterior visual pathway promote trans-synaptic degeneration of retinal ganglion cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Keller, Johannes ^a   Sánchez Dalmau, Bernardo F ^a   Villoslada, Pablo ^a  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SURGERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; QUADRANT HEMIANOPIA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELL LAYER THICKNESS; TRANSNEURONAL DEGENERATION; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ATROPHY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROGRADE DEGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYNAPSE; VISUAL SYSTEM; VOLTAGE SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETROGRADE DEGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNAPSES; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901469354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097444     Document Type: Article

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