Retinal projections in mice with inherited retinal degeneration: Implications for circadian photoentrainment

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 395, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 417-439

  Provencio, Ignacio ^a,c   Cooper, Howard M ^b   Foster, Russell G ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mice; Pseudorabies virus; Retina; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Tract tracing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONES (RETINA); HERPESVIRUS 1, SUID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RATS; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RODS (RETINA);

EID: 0032527086     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980615)395:4<417::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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