Loss of retinal function in aged DBA/2J mice - New insights into retinal neurodegeneration

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 779-783

  Heiduschka, Peter ^a   Julien, Sylvie ^a   Schuettauf, Frank ^b   Schnichels, Sven ^b  

^a Institute for Ophthalmic Research   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

DBA 2J; Electroretinography; Glaucoma; Mice; Retinal ganglion cells; Retrograde labelling; Visual evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

A WAVE; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B WAVE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSCILLATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISION; AGING; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COUNT; DBA MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LETTER; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA DEGENERATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 78049487437     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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