Research Article

Transneuronal Degeneration in the Visual Pathway of Rats following Acute Retinal Ischemia/Reperfusion

Table 1

Mean density of RGCs using CTB retrograde tracer ().

GroupsControlI/R-2 hI/R-6 hI/R-12 hI/R-1 dI/R-3 dI/R-7 dI/R-14 d

MD-RGCs (cells/mm2)
-626.52-126.75-661.244124.434499.645124.465939.16
0.8251.5811.304<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001

unless otherwise stated. MD-RGCs: mean density of labeled retinal ganglion cells. I/R-2 h: rats euthanized 2 hours post-RI/R injury; I/R-6 h: rats euthanized 6 hours post-RI/R injury; I/R-12 h: rats euthanized 12 hours post-RI/R injury; I/R-1 d: rats euthanized 1 day post-RI/R injury; I/R-1 d: rats euthanized 3 days post-RI/R injury; I/R-7 d: rats euthanized 7 days post-RI/R injury; I/R-14 d: rats euthanized 14 days post-RI/R injury. indicates that there were statistical differences when compared with the control groups. indicates that there were significant statistical differences when compared with the control groups.