Influence of UVA light stress on photoreceptor cell metabolism: Decreased rates of rhodopsin regeneration and opsin synthesis

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 757-764

  Rapp, Laurence M ^a   Ghalayini, Abboud J ^b  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Light damage; Photoreceptor cell; Rhodopsin, opsin, regeneration; Ultraviolet A light

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LIGHT DAMAGE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGENERATION; RETINA INJURY; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; STRESS; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

EID: 0033001653     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1999.0662     Document Type: Article

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