Photoreceptor layer reconstruction in a rodent model of retinal degeneration

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-33

  Kwan, A S L ^a   Wang, S ^a   Lund, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior; Functional recovery; Photoreceptor; rd mice; Retinitis pigmentosa; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; LUMINANCE; MOUSE; MUELLER CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 0032830443     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1999.7157     Document Type: Article

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