N-methyl-n-nitrosourea-induced photoreceptor apoptosis in the Mouse retina

In Vivo

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 483-488

  Yuge, Kenshi ^a   Nambu, Hiroyuki ^a   Senzaki, Hideto ^a   Nakao, Iezo ^a   Miki, Hirohiko ^a   Uyama, Masanobu ^a   Tsubura, Airo ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albino mouse; Colored mouse; Outer nuclear layer; Pigment epithelium; Retinal degeneration; Rod cone layer; TUNEL method

Indexed keywords

METHYLNITROSOUREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PIGMENT CELL; RETINA DEGENERATION;

EID: 0029909261     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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