Intravitreal injection of adeno-associated viral vectors results in the transduction of different types of retinal neurons in neonatal and adult rats: A comparison with lentiviral vectors

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 141-157

  Harvey, A R ^a   Kamphuis, W ^b   Eggers, R ^c   Symons, N A ^a   Blits, B ^c   Niclou, S ^c   Boer, G J ^c   Verhaagen, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; VIRUS VECTOR;

ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL TYPE; CHOROID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MARKER GENE; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA NERVE CELL; SCLERA;

ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS; ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; LENTIVIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0036395051     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcne.2002.1168     Document Type: Article

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