Temporal and spatial characteristics of cone degeneration in RCS rats

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-162

  Huang, Yan Ming ^a   Yin, Zheng Qin ^a   Liu, Kang ^a   Huo, Shu Jia ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cone; density; peanut agglutinin; retinal degeneration; whole mounts

Indexed keywords

PEANUT AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEON RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RETINA; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL PHOTORECEPTOR CELL INNER SEGMENT; RETINAL PHOTORECEPTOR CELL OUTER SEGMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79953724368     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-010-0908-8     Document Type: Article

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