Morphological and functional abnormalities in the inner retina of the rd/rd mouse

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 5492-5504

  Strettoi, Enrica ^a   Porciatti, Vittorio ^a   Falsini, Benedetto ^b   Pignatelli, Vincenzo ^a   Rossi, Chiara ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bipolar cells; Dendritic remodeling; ERG; Morphology; Retinitis pigmentosa; Sprouting

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HERITABILITY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA GYRATE ATROPHY; RETINA ROD; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SPROUTING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0036662776     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-13-05492.2002     Document Type: Article

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