Protein kinase C immunoreactivity in the pigmented and albino rat retina

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2481-2488

  Baker, Gary E ^a   Dovey, Maria ^a   Davda, Priesh ^a   Guibal, Christophe ^a   Jeffery, Glen ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albino; Protein kinase C; Retina; Rod; Rod bipolar cell

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE C; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ALBINISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL DISORDER;

ALBINISM; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CLONING, MOLECULAR; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PIGMENTATION; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS; RETINA; RODS (RETINA);

EID: 28744445803     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04453.x     Document Type: Article

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