Laser-induced ocular hypertension in adult rats does not affect non-RGC neurons in the ganglion cell layer but results in protracted severe loss of cone-photoreceptors

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 132, Issue , 2015, Pages 17-33

  Ortín Martínez, Arturo ^a   Salinas Navarro, Manuel ^a   Nadal Nicolás, Francisco Manuel ^a   Jiménez López, Manuel ^a   Valiente Soriano, Francisco Javier ^a   García Ayuso, Diego ^a   Bernal Garro, José Manuel ^a   Avilés Trigueros, Marcelino ^a   Agudo Barriuso, Marta ^a   Villegas Pérez, María Paz ^a   Vidal Sanz, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adult albino rat retinal ganglion cells; Displaced amacrine cells; Elevated intraocular pressure; Ganglion cell layer of the retina; Limbar laser photocoagulation; Neuronal degeneration; Ocular hypertension; Outer retinal layers; Photoreceptors loss; Rodent experimental glaucoma model; S cones l cones

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F1;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; IMMUNODETECTION; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; LASER COAGULATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA CONE; RETINA CONE PHOTORECEPTOR LOSS; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; METABOLISM; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RETINA; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LASER COAGULATION; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPSINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 84921945845     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2015.01.006     Document Type: Article

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