Comparative evaluation of methods for estimating retinal ganglion cell loss in retinal sections and wholemounts

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Mead, Ben ^a   Thompson, Adam ^a   Scheven, Ben A ^a   Logan, Ann ^a   Berry, Martin ^a   Leadbeater, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA3 TUBULIN; FLUOROGOLD; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INSULIN GENE ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ISL-1; LIM HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F1; TUBB3 PROTEIN, RAT; TUBULIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL COUNTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROGOLD RETINAL GANGLION CELL BACKFILLING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RELIABILITY; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; ANIMAL; CELL DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; PROCEDURES; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STAINING;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DEATH; FEMALE; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; STAINING AND LABELING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUBULIN;

EID: 84908409401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110612     Document Type: Article

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