Retinal organization in the retinal degeneration 10 (rd10) mutant mouse: A morphological and ERG study

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 500, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 222-238

  Gargini, Claudia ^a   Terzibasi, Eva ^b   Mazzoni, Francesca ^b   Strettoi, Enrica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bipolar cell; Confocal microscopy; ERG; Horizontal cell; Immunocytochemistry; Retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MOUSE STRAIN; MUELLER CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DEGENERATION 10 MOUSE; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; RETINA ROD; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; ROD PHOSPHODIESTERASE GENE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL COUNT; DENDRITES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUTATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RETINA; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; RETINAL HORIZONTAL CELLS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RODS (RETINA);

EID: 33845592141     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21144     Document Type: Article

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