Temporal sequence of changes in rat retina after UV-A and blue light exposure

Vision Research

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1233-1247

  Busch, Eelco M ^a   Gorgels, Theo G M F ^a   Van Norren, Dirk ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Aeromedical Institute   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blue light; Light damage; Photoreceptor cells; Retinal pigment epithelium; Ultraviolet light

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RAT; RETINOPATHY; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; LIGHT; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; PHOTORECEPTORS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RADIATION INJURIES; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RETINA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0032964280     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(98)00233-8     Document Type: Article

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