Intravitreal injection of fluorochrome-conjugated peanut agglutinin results in specific and reversible labeling of mammalian cones in vivo

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2643-2650

  Krishnamoorthy, Vidhyasankar ^a   Jain, Varsha ^a   Cherukuri, Pitchaiah ^a   Baloni, Sonia ^a   Dhingra, Narender K ^a  

^a NATIONAL BRAIN RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCHROME; METHYLNITROSOUREA; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; RHODAMINE; ALKYLATING AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE PEANUT AGGLUTININ; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE-PEANUT AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VIVO STUDY; MONKEY; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAINING; VISION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; INJECTION; MACACA; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR; VITREOUS BODY;

ALKYLATING AGENTS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONES (RETINA); DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FLUORESCEINS; GUINEA PIGS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INJECTIONS; MACACA MULATTA; METHYLNITROSOUREA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RHODAMINES; STAINING AND LABELING; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 47249118783     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-1471     Document Type: Article

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