ENU-induced late-onset night blindness associated with rod photoreceptor cell degeneration in zebrafish

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 124, Issue 10-12, 2003, Pages 1065-1071

  Maaswinkel, Hans ^a   Mason, Bryan ^a   Li, Lei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Night blindness; Retinal degeneration; Visual sensitivity; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ETHYLNITROSOUREA;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EMBRYO; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; MUTATION; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA ROD; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; VISION; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0345059201     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2003.08.004     Document Type: Article

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