Changes in visually guided behavior of Royal College of Surgeons rats: As a function of age: A histologic, morphometric, and functional study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1058-1063

  DiLoreto Jr , David A ^a   Del Cerro, Constancia ^a   Cox, Christopher ^a   Del Cerro, Manuel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LATENT PERIOD; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DYSTROPHY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

EID: 2642606987     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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