Depression of the electroretinogram in rats deficient in zinc and taurine during prenatal and postnatal life1

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 621-628

  Gottschall Pass, Katherine T ^a   Grahn, Bruce H ^b   Gorecki, Dennis K J ^a   Semple, Hugh A ^a   Paterson, Phyllis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electroretinogram; Rat; Retina; Taurine deficiency; Zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

TAURINE; ZINC;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; RAT; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0032211772     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-2863(98)00063-1     Document Type: Article

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