In vivo and in vitro development of S- and M-Cones in rat retina

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 5320-5327

  Arango Gonzalez, Blanca ^a   Szabó, Arnold ^b   Pinzon Duarte, German ^c   Lukáts, Ákos ^b   Guenther, Elke ^d   Kohler, Konrad ^a  

^a Centre for Ophthalmology   (Germany)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONE OPSIN; M OPSIN; S OPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MIDDLE WAVELENGTH OPSIN; MIDDLE-WAVELENGTH OPSIN; SCOTOPSIN; SHORT WAVELENGTH OPSIN; SHORT-WAVELENGTH OPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CONE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; ANIMAL; BROWN NORWAY RAT; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; NEWBORN; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; RETINA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MORPHOGENESIS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RETINA; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; ROD OPSINS;

EID: 77958138255     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4741     Document Type: Article

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