Decreased retinal ganglion cell number and misdirected axon growth associated with fissure defects in Bst/+ mutant mice

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2112-2124

  Rice, Dennis S ^a   Tang, Qing ^a   Williams, Robert W ^a   Harris, Belinda S ^b   Davisson, Muriel T ^b   Goldowitz, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic disease; Mouse; Optic nerve; Pupil; Retina development

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; OPTIC ATROPHIES, HEREDITARY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0030930411     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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