Immunohistochemical evidence of a melanopsin cone in human retina

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1636-1641

  Dkhissi Benyahya, Ouria ^a,b   Rieux, Camille ^a,b   Hut, Roelof A ^a,c   Cooper, Howard M ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN; OPSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA CONE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; RETINA;

ADULT; AGED; CONES (RETINA); FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPSIN; RETINA;

EID: 33645970745     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-1459     Document Type: Article

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