Postnatal biochemical changes in rat lens: An important factor in cataract models

Current Eye Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-103

  Fris, Miroslav ^a,b   Midelfart, Anna ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Lens; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Postnatal development

Indexed keywords

HYPOTAURINE; INOSITOL; TAURINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FROZEN SECTION; LENS; MATURATION; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CATARACT; CRYSTALLINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; INOSITOL; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847289186     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680601126066     Document Type: Article

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