Missing optomotor head-turning reflex in the DBA/2J mouse

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 6766-6773

  Barabas, Peter ^a   Huang, Wei ^a   Chen, Hui ^a   Koehler, Christopher L ^b   Howell, Gareth ^c   John, Simon W M ^c   Tian, Ning ^a   Rentería, René C ^b   Križaj, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F1; POU4F1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; RNA;

A WAVE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B WAVE; BEHAVIOR; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DBA 2 MOUSE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLAUCOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTOMETRY; OPTOMOTOR HEAD TURNING REFLEX; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; ROTAROD TEST; SPIKE; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; VISUAL THRESHOLD; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DBA MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HEAD MOVEMENT; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFLEX;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLAUCOMA; HEAD MOVEMENTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFLEX; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3A;

EID: 80055079169     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-7147     Document Type: Article

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