Space flight environment induces degeneration in the retina of rat neonates

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 572, Issue , 2005, Pages 417-424

  Tombran Tink, Joyce ^a   Barnstable, Colin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; ROD CELL OUTER SEGMENT; ROD OUTER SEGMENTS; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

RATTUS;

EID: 33747401666     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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