Microchemical analysis of retina layers in pigmented and albino rats by Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1473, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 409-417

  Levine, Steven M ^a   Radel, Jeffrey D ^a   Sweat, Joseph A ^b   Wetzel, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid; FT IR microspectroscopy; Outer segment; Retina

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID;

ALBINISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT;

ANIMALS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FROZEN SECTIONS; MACULA LUTEA; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; ROD OUTER SEGMENTS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; STAINING AND LABELING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032713744     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4165(99)00195-6     Document Type: Article

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