The development of melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cells in mice with early retinal degeneration

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 359-367

  Ruggiero, Linda ^a   Allen, Charles N ^a   Lane Brown, R ^b   Robinson, David W ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Dendritic stratification; Photoentrainment; Photoreceptor cells; SCN

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SHAPE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DENDRITES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROGENESIS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; ROD OPSINS;

EID: 58449124078     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06589.x     Document Type: Article

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