Contribution of rod and cone pathways to the dark-adapted electroretinogram (ERG) b-wave following retinal degeneration in RCS rats

Vision Research

Volumn 44, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 2467-2474

  Pinilla, I ^a   Lund, R D ^a   Sauve Y ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cone b wave; ERG double flash; RCS rat; Retinal degeneration; Rod b wave

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B WAVE; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD; AGING; ANIMAL; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT STRAIN;

AGING; ANIMALS; CONES (RETINA); DARK ADAPTATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RODS (RETINA);

EID: 3242784854     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2004.05.020     Document Type: Article

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