Changes in the pupillary light reflex of pigmented Royal College of Surgeons rats with age

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 719-730

  Whiteley, S J O ^a   Young, M J ^b   Litchfield, T M ^a   Coffey, P J ^c   Lund, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pupillary light reflex; RCS rat; Retinal degeneration; Retinal pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; LATENT PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; PUPIL REFLEX; RAT; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0032100158     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1997.0479     Document Type: Article

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