Correlation between rod photoreceptor numbers and levels of ocular pigmentation

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1198-1203

  Donatien, Philippe ^a   Jeffery, Glen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ALBINISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; EYE COLOR; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ROD;

ALBINISM, OCULAR; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EYE PROTEINS; IRIS; MELANINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MITOSIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RHODOPSIN; RODS (RETINA);

EID: 0036206972     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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