Photoreceptors are preferentially affected in the rat retina following permanent occlusion of the carotid arteries

Vision Research

Volumn 39, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 3995-4002

  Osborne, Neville N ^a   Safa, Rukhsana ^a   Nash, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electroretinogram (ERG); Immunohistochemistry; Occlusion of carotids; Photoreceptor loss; Retina; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CYCLOPHILIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; OPSIN; THY 1 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA;

ANIMALS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CELL DEATH; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032835337     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00127-3     Document Type: Article

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