Absence of voltage-dependent calcium channels delays photoreceptor degeneration in rd mice

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 415-420

  Read, Daniel S ^a   McCall, Maureen A ^a,b   Gregg, Ronald G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium channel; rd mouse; Retinal degeneration; Retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 0036035839     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4835(02)92034-8     Document Type: Article

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