Age-related distribution of cones and ON-bipolar cells in the rd mouse retina

Current Eye Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 244-251

  Ogilvie, Judith Mosinger ^a,b   Tenkova, Tanya ^a   Lett, Jaclynn M ^a   Speck, Judy ^b   Landgraf, Mark ^a   Silverman, Martin S ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar cells; Cones; rd mouse; Retinal degeneration

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; LECTIN; PEANUT AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUSION; MOUSE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DYSTROPHY; TRANSGENE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONES (RETINA); MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0030937925     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.16.3.244.15411     Document Type: Article

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