Impaired formation of the inner retina in an AChE knockout mouse results in degeneration of all photoreceptors

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2953-2962

  Bytyqi, Afrim H ^a   Lockridge, Oksana ^b   Duysen, Ellen ^b   Wang, Yuxia ^b   Wolfrum, Uwe ^c   Layer, Paul G ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cholinergic system; Inner plexiform layer; Lamination; Photoreceptors; Retinal development

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CELL STRUCTURE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC DISORDER; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; RETINA PIGMENT DEGENERATION; WILD TYPE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CHICKENS; CHOLINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INDOLES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PARVALBUMINS; PHOTORECEPTORS; RADIOMETRY; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RHODOPSIN; TRITIUM;

EID: 10844222503     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03753.x     Document Type: Article

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