Morphological and physiological consequences of the selective elimination of rod photoreceptors in transgenic mice

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-49

  McCall, M A ^a,b   Gregg, R G ^a   Merriman, K ^a   Goto, Y ^c,d   Peachey, N S ^c,d   Stanford, L R ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone photoreceptors; Diphtheria toxin gene; Mouse; Retina; Rod photoreceptors; Transgene

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0030198411     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0089     Document Type: Article

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