Transmission of light to the young primate retina: Possible implications for the formation of lipofuscin

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-21

  Gaillard, Elizabeth R ^a   Merriam, John ^b   Zheng, Lei ^b   Dillon, James ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOFUSCIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PRIMATE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETINA;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LIGHT; LIPOFUSCIN; PRIMATES; RETINA;

PRIMATES;

EID: 78650659475     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2010.00837.x     Document Type: Article

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