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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Structural Changes and Astrocyte Response of the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus in a Ferret Model of Ocular Hypertension.

Takashi Fujishiro, Megumi Honjo, Hiroshi Kawasaki, Ryo Asaoka, Reiko Yamagishi, Makoto Aihara

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Differential Impact of Retinal Lesions on Visual Responses of LGN X and Y Cells.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  2. Astrocyte polarization in glaucoma: a new opportunity.Neural regeneration research · 2022
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  3. The immune system of the ferret (Veterinarni medicina · 2022
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  6. The heterogeneity of astrocytes in glaucoma.Frontiers in neuroanatomy · 2022
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  8. Transneuronal Degeneration in the Brain During Glaucoma.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Takashi FujishiroDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
Megumi HonjoDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
Hiroshi KawasakiDepartment of Medical Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan.
Ryo AsaokaDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
Reiko YamagishiDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
Makoto AiharaDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
The University of Tokyo · JPKanazawa University · JP

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI JP 19K09946
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We investigated structural changes and astrocyte responses of the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) in a ferret model of ocular hypertension (OH). In 10 ferrets, OH was induced via the injection of cultured conjunctival cells into the anterior chamber of the right eye; six normal ferrets were used as controls. Anterograde axonal tracing with cholera toxin B revealed that atrophic damage was evident in the LGN layers receiving projections from OH eyes. Immunohistochemical analysis with antibodies against NeuN, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), and Iba-1 was performed to specifically label neurons, astrocytes, and microglia in the LGN. Significantly decreased NeuN immunoreactivity and increased GFAP and Iba-1 immunoreactivities were observed in the LGN layers receiving projections from OH eyes. Interestingly, the changes in the immunoreactivities were significantly different among the LGN layers. The C layers showed more severe damage than the A and A1 layers. Secondary degenerative changes in the LGN were also observed, including neuronal damage and astrocyte reactions in each LGN layer. These results suggest that our ferret model of OH is valuable for investigating damages during the retina-brain transmission of the visual pathway in glaucoma. The vulnerability of the C layers was revealed for the first time.

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AnimalsAnterior ChamberAstrocytesCholera ToxinDisease Models, AnimalFemaleFerretsGeniculate BodiesGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinMicrogliaNeuronsOcular HypertensionRetinaVisual PathwaysCholera ToxinGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinferretglaucomaLGN

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PMID32079216
PMCPMC7072923
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