Wallerian Degeneration in the Optic Nerve Stretch-Injury Model of Traumatic Brain Injury: A Stereological Analysis

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 780-790

  Maxwell, William L ^a   Bartlett, Emma ^a   Morgan, Hanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central myelinated nerve fibers; Secondary axotomy; Stretch injury; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUNKIN HARTLEY GUINEA PIG; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; STEREOMETRY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN INJURY; DISEASE MODEL; GUINEA PIG; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOLOGY; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 84930345534     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2014.3369     Document Type: Article

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