Systemic thyroid hormone is necessary and sufficient to induce ultraviolet-sensitive cone loss in the juvenile rainbow trout retina

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 493-501

  Raine, J C ^a,c   Coffin, A B ^a,d   Hawryshyn, C W ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Degeneration; Deiodinase; Development; Opsin; Photoreceptor; Retina; Thyroid hormone; Thyroid hormone receptors

Indexed keywords

FISH PROTEIN; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAINBOW TROUT; RETINA CONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYROID HORMONES; THYROXINE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 75649091438     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.036301     Document Type: Article

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