The impact of basic fibroblast growth factor on photoreceptor function and morphology

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2088-2099

  Gargini, Claudia ^a,b   Belfiore, M Stefania ^a   Bisti, Silvia ^c   Cervetto, Luigi ^a,b   Valter, Krisztina ^d   Stone, Jonathan ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CATS; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OPSIN; OPTIC NERVE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0032818855     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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