Evaluation of inner retinal structure in the aged RCS rat

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 533, Issue , 2003, Pages 181-188

  Ball, Sherry ^a   Hanzlicek, Brett ^b   Blum, Melissa ^b   Pardue, Machelle ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; VISION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0347532886     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0067-4_23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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