High resolution imaging of fluorescein patterns in RCS rat retinae and their direct correlation with histology

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 164-171

  Zambarakji, H J ^a,b   Keegan, D J ^a,b   Holmes, T M ^b,c   Halfyard, A S ^b   Villegas Perez, M P ^d   Charteris, D G ^a   Fitzke, F W ^b   Greenwood, J ^b   Lund, R D ^b,c  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Confocal scanning ophthalmoscope; Fluorescein angiography; RCS rats; Retina; Vascular

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 30344482916     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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