Photoreceptor degeneration and loss of retinal function in the C57BL/6-C2J mouse

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2005-2012

  Bravo Nuevo, Arturo ^a,b   Walsh, Natalie ^a   Stone, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA DEGENERATION; STRESS; THICKNESS; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RETINAL DEGENERATION;

EID: 3042584839     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0842     Document Type: Article

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