Histological analysis of the effect of ocular HPC on retinal ischemic damage.

Effect of ocular HPC on total retinal and retinal layer thicknesses (in µm) in non-ischemic or ischemic eyes. Ischemia decreased total retinal, ONL, INL and IPL thickness, and GCL Brn3a(+) cell number. Ocular HPC which showed no effects in non-ischemic eyes, prevented the alterations in total retinal, INL, and IPL (but not ONL) thickness, and in retinal ganglion cell number. Data are mean ± SEM (n = 5 eyes per group).*P**PapbpPS, photoreceptor outer and inner segment; OPL, outer plexiform layer; ONL, outer nuclear layer; IPL, inner plexiform layer; INL, inner nuclear layer.