Full-field electroretinography obtained using a contact lens electrode with built-in high-intensity white-light-emitting diodes can be utilized in toxicological assessments in rats

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-20

  Yamashita, Haruhiro ^a   Yamasaki, Kiyo ^a   Sugihara, Kazunari ^a   Miyata, Hiroto ^a   Tsutsumi, Shunsuke ^a   Iwaki, Yoshinobu ^a  

^a TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Full field electroretinography; LED contact lens; Rat; Retinal toxicity; Sodium iodate

Indexed keywords

SODIUM IODATE;

ALBINISM; ANALYZER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE TOXICITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT ADAPTATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANIMALS; CONTACT LENSES; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; IODATES; LIGHT; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RATS; RETINAL DISEASES;

EID: 66149131858     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000219680     Document Type: Article

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