Ocular Hypertension Results in Retinotopic Alterations in the Visual Cortex of Adult Mice

Current Eye Research

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1269-1283

  Dekeyster, Eline ^a   Aerts, Jeroen ^a   Valiente Soriano, Francisco Javier ^b   De Groef, Lies ^a   Vreysen, Samme ^a   Salinas Navarro, Manuel ^a   Vidal Sanz, Manuel ^b   Arckens, Lutgarde ^a   Moons, Lieve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Ocular hypertension; Retinal ganglion cell; Superior colliculus; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; EGR1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ASTROCYTIC PROTEIN, MOUSE; POU4F1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SLC17A6 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFLAMMATION; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MONOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; STRIATE CORTEX; SUPERFICIAL SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODEL; INDIRECT FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETINA DEGENERATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MICE; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3A; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84959526033     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2014.990983     Document Type: Article

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