Genetic disorders of vision revealed by a behavioral screen of 400 essential loci in zebrafish

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 8603-8615

  Neuhauss, Stephan C F ^a   Biehlmaier, Oliver ^b   Seeliger, Mathias W ^b   Das, Tilak ^c   Kohler, Konrad ^b   Harris, William A ^c   Baier, Herwig ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Albinism; Danio rerio; ERG; Forward genetics; Mutant screen; Mutation; Optokinetic; Optomotor; Outer retina dystrophy; Photoreceptor; Reti nal ganglion cell; Retina; Retinal degeneration; Retinitis pigmentosa; Tectum; Vision; Visual system; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; OPTOKINETIC STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL DISORDER; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 0033215990     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-19-08603.1999     Document Type: Article

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