Thyroid hormone controls cone opsin expression in the retina of adult rodents

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 4844-4851

  Glaschke, Anika ^a   Weiland, Jessica ^a   del Turco, Domenico ^a   Steiner, Marianne ^b   Peichl, Leo ^a   Glösmann, Martin ^a,c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODOTHYRONINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONE OPSIN GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; RETINA CONE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONE OPSINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RETINA; ROD OPSINS; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 79955721242     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6181-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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