Nyctalopin expression in retinal bipolar cells restores visual function in a mouse model of complete X-linked congenital stationary night blindness

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 3023-3033

  Gregg, Ronald G ^a   Kamermans, Maarten ^b   Klooster, Jan ^b   Lukasiewicz, Peter D ^c   Peachey, Neal S ^d,e,f   Vessey, Kirstan A ^a   McCall, Maureen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; NYCTALOPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEMALE; FUSION GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYX GENE; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA RECEPTIVE FIELD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VISION; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEOGLYCANS; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; RETINA; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 36248939172     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00608.2007     Document Type: Article

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