Docosahexaenoic acid is required for the survival of rat retinal photoreceptors in vitro

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1851-1859

  Rotstein, Nora P ^a   Aveldaño, Marta I ^a   Barrantes, Francisco J ^a   Politi, Luis E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquimicas Bahia Blanca   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid; Neuronal survival; Photoreceptor survival; Retinal neurons

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030005641     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66051851.x     Document Type: Article

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