Effect of eye NGF administration on two animal models of retinal ganglion cells degeneration

Effect of eye NGF administration on two animal models of retinal ganglion cells degeneration

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of nerve growth factor (NGF) administration on retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) in experimentally induced glaucoma (GL) and diabetic retinopathy (DR). GL was induced in adult rats by injection of hypertonic saline into the episcleral vein of the eye a...

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Main Authors: Valeria Colafrancesco, Marco Coassin, Simona Rossi, Luigi Aloe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Istituto Superiore di Sanità 2011-01-01
Series:Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Subjects:
glaucoma
diabete
nerve growth factor
cellule ganglionari retiniche
vascular endothelial growth factor
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-25712011000300008&lng=en&tlng=en

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