Constant illumination causes spatially discrete dopamine depletion in the normal and degenerate retina

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-22

  Vugler, A A ^a   Redgrave, P ^b   Hewson Stoate, N J ^b   Greenwood, J ^a   Coffey, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methyl p tyrosine; Dopamine; Immunohistochemistry; Melanopsin; RCS dystrophic rat; Retina

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; MELANOPSIN; METIROSINE;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; ILLUMINATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PERIKARYON; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA DEGENERATION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VISION;

ALPHA-METHYLTYROSINE; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MALE; OPSIN; PHOTORECEPTORS; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION;

EID: 33846602205     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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