Significant photoreceptor rescue by treatment with a combination of antioxidants in an animal model for retinal degeneration

Neuroscience

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1120-1129

  Sanz, M M ^a,b   Johnson, L E ^a   Ahuja, S ^a   Ekstrom P A R ^a   Romero, J ^b,c   van Veen, T ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CEU CARDENAL HERRERA   (Spain)

^c Fundacion Oftalmologica del Mediterraneo   (Spain)

Author keywords

antioxidants; neurodegeneration; photoreceptor degeneration; rd1 mouse; retinal degeneration; retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; AVIDIN; EOSIN; GLUTATHIONE; HEMATOXYLIN; THIOCTIC ACID; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE MODEL; DNA DAMAGE; HISTOLOGY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; STAINING;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; MICE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PHOTORECEPTORS; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION;

EID: 33947543601     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.12.034     Document Type: Article

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