Detection of visual deficits in aging DBA/2J mice by two behavioral assays

Current Eye Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 481-491

  Rangarajan, Krsna Vedantha ^a   Lawhn Heath, Courtney ^a   Feng, Liang ^a   Kim, Ted S ^a   Cang, Jianhua ^a   Liu, Xiaorong ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DBA 2J mice; Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Optomotor response test; Retinal ganglion cells; Visual water task

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLAUCOMA; GROUPS BY AGE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RISK FACTOR; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RISK FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 79955010697     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2010.549600     Document Type: Article

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