Effects of Quisqualic Acid on Retinal ZENK Expression Induced by Imposed Defocus in the Chick Eye

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-136

  Bitzer, Michaela ^a   Schaeffel, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amacrine cells; Emmetropization; Immunohistochemistry; Pharmacology; Retina; ZENK

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FOCUSING; IMAGE PROCESSING; LENSES;

EMMETROPIZATION; RETINAL IMAGE PROCESSING;

VISION;

GLUCAGON; QUISQUALIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZENK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMMETROPIZATION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMPOSED DEFOCUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTOXICATION; LENS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPECTACLES; STAINING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COUNT; CHICKENS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EYE; EYEGLASSES; FIXATION, OCULAR; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; GLUCAGON; INJECTIONS; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; QUISQUALIC ACID; RETINA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VISION; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 1242274338     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200402000-00011     Document Type: Article

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