Legacy of the RCS rat: Impact of a seminal study on retinal cell biology and retinal degenerative diseases

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 131, Issue , 2001, Pages 617-627

  LaVail, Matthew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENOTYPE; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA CELL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVIEW;

EID: 0035783724     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(01)31048-8     Document Type: Review

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