Cone function studied with flicker electroretinogram during progressive retinal degeneration in RCS rats

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-59

  Pinilla, I ^a,b   Lund, R D ^a   Sauve Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

Author keywords

cones; electroretinogram; flicker; rat; RCS; retinal degeneration

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; LIGHT ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DYSTROPHY; WHITE LIGHT;

AGING; ANIMALS; CONES (RETINA); ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLICKER FUSION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RATS; REACTION TIME; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 12344263806     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2004.08.012     Document Type: Article

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