Progression of cochlear and retinal degeneration in the tubby (rd5) mouse

Audiology and Neuro-Otology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 175-185

  Ohlemiller, Kevin K ^a   Hughes, Ruth M ^a   Lett, Jaclynn M ^a   Ogilvie, Judith Mosinger ^a   Speck, Judith D ^a   Wright, James S ^a   Faddis, Brian T ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alstrom s syndrome; Bardet Biedl syndrome; Cochlea; Hair cells; Rd5 mouse; Retina; Tub gene; Tubby mouse; Usher s syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HAIR CELL; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; INNER EAR DISEASE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPIRAL GANGLION;

EID: 0030797322     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000259242     Document Type: Article

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