Rod photoreceptor temporal properties in retinitis pigmentosa

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 202-208

  Wen, Yuquan ^a   Locke, Kirsten G ^a   Hood, Donald C ^b   Birch, David G ^a,c  

^a RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ERG; Peripherin RDS; Phototransduction; Rhodopsin; Rod inactivation; RP

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PARAMETER; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RHODOPSIN; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 79952102424     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2010.12.014     Document Type: Article

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